Shiv Sena is a Hindu right-wing party founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, then a political cartoonist, in Maharashtra. The party fought for the rights of the Marathis in the face of a wave of immigration from Kerala and other southern states in the 1960s. But from pro-Maratha, it soon took on the image of being a pro-Hindu party, and has faced charges of inciting hate and participating in the violence, leading up to the Bombay riots of 1992-1993.
In alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena came to power in Maharashtra in 1995. The alliance remained till 2019, except for a brief breakup in 2014. It was in 2019, that the Shiv Sena, now under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray, decided to break with the BJP, and joined hands with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) — parties ideologically opposed to it. This led to a split in 2022, when another Shiv Sena emerged under Eknath Shinde.
Rebellion, though, is not new to the party. The Sena split in 1991 when senior leader Chhagan Bhujbal quit along with many MLAs and workers. Then, in 2005, Narayan Rane quit and took several lawmakers along with him. Uddhav Thackeray’s cousin, Raj, left the party along with several lawmakers and workers in 2006.
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Shiv Sena will never get another executive editor to fill in the shoes of Sanjay Raut.. He is indispensable to the Sena..
Sanjay Raut was praised in public by no less than a person of the stature of Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his journalism instincts..
Can Uddhav THACKERAY isolate him ???
Sanjay Raut is getting too big for his boots. If Raj Thackeray couldn’t stand up to Bala Saheb’s son Uddhav, because of millions of Shiv Sainiks’ affection and respect for Bala Saheb, then who is this man Sanjay Raut in front of him? Raj T at least had some charisma of his own so he has managed to find a foothold in public life, Mr Sanjay R will vanish from public memory with a shocking swiftness that will leave him and his immediate family dazzled beyond words.