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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).

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Smita Thackeray, the ex-wife of Sena founder Bal Thackeray's son Jaidev, met Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde Tuesday. She described the meeting as a 'courtesy call'.

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CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis have had 3 cabinet meetings so far. Leaders & civil servants say the lack of other ministers has not stopped work.

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But we have been deeply hurt by their actions, said the young Sena leader while addressing a public gathering in Thane. He also took a swipe at the BJP.

Which is the real Shiv Sena? Thackeray & Shinde camps woo cadre in battle for ‘bow & arrow’

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Eknath Shinde has been addressing Shiv Sena workers from across Maharashtra while Uddhav Thackeray is holding regular meetings with cadres at party HQ in Mumbai's Dadar.
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