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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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Kamra's newly released comedy show had indirectly mocked Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, leading to attacks on the Mumbai studio where he filmed the stand-up by a mob of Shiv Sainiks.

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While performing his stand-up show 'Naya Bharat', Kamra had called Eknath Shinde a 'gaddar' in a song. Mandi MP Ranaut says disgracing anyone in name of comedy in bad taste.

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‘Just like taking supari to speak against someone,’ Eknath Shinde reacts to Kunal Kamra’s jibe at him

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Kamra had performed a parody of a popular Hindi song from the film 'Dil Toh Pagal Hai, apparently referring to Shinde as a 'gaddar,' (traitor).

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The comic further criticised the vandalism of the Habitat Comedy Club in Khar as well as a hotel in whose premises the club is located, calling it 'senseless'.

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Kunal Kamra row: Maharashtra CM Fadnavis says legal action will be taken, demands apology from comic

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Kamra had called Dy CM Eknath Shinde a 'traitor' during a comedy set. Meanwhile, Opposition questioned law & order situation after Shiv Sena members vandalised venue in Mumbai.

FIR registered against Shinde Sena’s youth group for vandalising Mumbai’s Habitat standup comedy set

ANI -
In his show, Kamra taunted Shinde using a modified version of a Hindi song from the film 'Dil To Pagal Hai', eliciting laughter from the audience. An FIR was filed against the comedian.

As budget skips mention of ex-CM Shinde’s schemes, Fadnavis govt insists they haven’t been nixed

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This comes amid an alleged cold war between CM Fadnavis and his deputy Shinde, even as ministers and MLAs deny the claim.
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