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Topic: Eknath Shinde

Eknath Shinde was the united Shiv Sena’s most senior leader in Thane, a satellite city of Mumbai and a stronghold of the party. The Shiv Sena, launched by Bal Thackeray in 1966, split in 2022 when Eknath Shinde led a rebellion to topple the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government. The new faction then formed a government with the BJP, with Shinde as CM. The new party — Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) — now claims to be the real Shiv Sena.

Shinde was brought up in Thane, which continues to be his stronghold. In his early years in the party, he was influenced by Anand Dhige, a prominent Shiv Sena leader in the area. A Shiv Sainik who headed a shakha back in 1980s, Shinde became a corporator in the Thane Municipal Corporation before becoming an MLA in 2004. He has been a member of the assembly for four terms now. In 2019, in the Uddhav Thackeray government, he worked as Minister of Urban Development and Public Works and Minister of Home Affairs (Acting).

Could not avoid revolt, say Shiv Sena rebels, likely to support BJP for next Maharashtra govt

PTI -
After a 10-day stay in Guwahati, the rebels took a chartered flight to Goa on Wednesday night.

SC refuses to interfere with governor-ordered floor test in Maharashtra, Uddhav resigns

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The decision came after Sena leader Sunil Prabhu asked for an urgent hearing to stop the floor test Thursday. The court said it would continue hearing the petition on merit.

Maharashtra politics: Shiv Sena challenges floor test in Supreme Court, terms it ‘illegal’

ThePrint Team -
The top court will hear the matter in the evening; meanwhile, the rebel group will leave Guwahati today and travel to Goa.

‘Last resort’ — why Eknath Shinde & fellow Sena rebels are ‘exploring’ merger with MNS

Purva Chitnis -
Shiv Sena rebel camp and MNS seem like a ‘logical’ pairing with their focus on Hindutva and Marathi pride. But some Sena MLAs are worried Raj Thackeray ‘will be supreme’.

SC grants relief to rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, no decision on disqualification till 11 July

PTI -
The vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and J B Pardiwala also directed the Maharashtra government to protect life, liberty, and property of 39 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs and their family members.

Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde have a common enemy but different priorities

+TFP D.K. Singh -
Only a die-hard optimist will believe Uddhav Thackeray could survive this storm. But rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde isn’t getting an easy pass either.

What’s stopping Shinde from asking for floor test? Anti-defection law and the Sena identity 

Shanker Arnimesh -
It’s not the numbers in the legislative assembly that’s the real problem, say experts. In order to avoid disqualification, he must either merge with the BJP or prove that the party has been split vertically. 

Eknath Shinde approaches SC over disqualification notices against rebel Maharashtra MLAs

ANI -
The plea also challenges the appointment of Ajay Chaudhary as the Shiv Sena’s legislative leader in the House in place of Shinde.

Rebel Shiv Sena ministers likely to lose portfolios, hints Maha Vikas Aghadi government

Purva Chitnis -
Axe likely to fall on senior ministers Eknath Shinde, Gulabrao Patil, Dada Bhuse and MoSs Sambhuraje Desai and Abdul Sattar. Shiv Sena claims 20 rebel MLAs in touch with party

‘They can use their father’s name but not Balasaheb’s’ — Sena passes 6 resolutions at crucial meet

Purva Chitnis -
At its national executive meeting, party authorises its president & Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray to act against rebel MLAs, asserts that no other outfit can use Sena founder’s name.
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