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TopicEknath Shinde

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).

Eknath Shinde camp writes to Election Commission, asks to be recognised as the real Shiv Sena

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Move comes a day after the group dissolved the Shiv Sena’s national executive and made new appointments, with Maharashtra CM Shinde as the chief leader.

Uddhav ‘wanted patch-up with BJP, said he spoke to Modi about alliance in 2021’ — rebel Sena MP

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Sena MP Rahul Shewale and 11 other MPs have pledged support to Sena rebel camp led by Eknath Shinde. He justified the move by saying Sena MPs were doing what Thackeray wanted.

12 of 19 Shiv Sena MPs join Shinde faction, tell LS speaker to identify them as ‘separate group’

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At least 8 of these 12 MPs had attended a meeting called by Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray last week and some, expressing their unhappiness, asked him to ally with the BJP.

Houses in Maharashtra will hoist flag to promote ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, says Eknath Shinde

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Shinde, who spoke to Home Minister Amit Shah in a virtual dialogue meeting Sunday said Maharashtra is the 'growth engine' of the country.

Shinde cabinet approves renaming Aurangabad, Osmanabad cities as Sambhajinagar & Dharashiv

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The decision was taken in the previous MVA government's last cabinet meeting chaired by then CM Thackeray on 29 June. However, Shinde and Fadnavis said the decision was illegal.

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‘Thaw with Shinde, signal for patch-up with BJP’ — why some Sena MPs want to back Droupadi Murmu

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Some Shiv Sena MPs, says an insider, are worried that since the party broke from the NDA, no work has happened on the ground.

‘Naradmuni, Shukracharya’ — 1 in 3 Shiv Sena rebels blames Sanjay Raut for split

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At least 13 of 39 MLAs who supported Shinde have held the Rajya Sabha MP responsible for their departure from Shiv Sena & the 'failed talks' between Uddhav Thackeray and the new CM.

Thane’s Thackeray, Balasaheb’s ‘rival’ — who is Anand Dighe, Maharashtra CM Shinde’s mentor

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Eknath Shinde credits Anand Dighe — whom he mirrors in style of functioning and garb — with playing a profound role in his personal and political life.

Plight of fact-checkers in ‘fact-free’ world & Shinde’s journey from auto-rickshaw to bulldozer

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