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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).

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.

Maharashtra govt removing security of 38 rebel MLAs an act of ‘revenge’, alleges Eknath Shinde

ANI -
In a letter to Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde warned that if any harm occurs to the family members of the rebel Shiv Sena legislators, then leaders of the MVA govt 'will be responsible'.

Security cover of 16 rebel Sena MLAs removed by Maha govt, claims Shinde; alleges ‘political vendetta’

PTI -
Mumbai: Dissident Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Saturday alleged that the Maharashtra government has withdrawn the security cover provided at the residences of...

Prohibitory orders clamped in Sena rebel Eknath Shinde’s stronghold Thane amid Maharashtra crisis

Purva Chitnis -
The orders have been issued as a law and order precaution, at a time when Shiv Sainiks are holding protests across the state in support of CM Uddhav Thackeray.

‘Subah ka bhula…’ — Original Shiv Sena rebel Chhagan Bhujbal has a message for Eknath Shinde

Shanker Arnimesh -
Bhujbal, who quit Shiv Sena in 1991 over 'non-appreciation' by leadership, is now an NCP minister in MVA govt. He praises Uddhav Thackeray for leading Sena in 'dignified manner'.
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