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TopicUddhav Thackeray

Topic: Uddhav Thackeray

Uddhav Thackeray is an Indian politician and the son of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray. He served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, forming a coalition — the Maha Vikas Aghadi — with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Uddhav Thackeray entered politics in 2002 when he joined the Shiv Sena’s campaign as the in-charge of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, and he was elected party head in 2013 following Balasaheb Thackeray’s death in 2012.

In 2022, three years after the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to power, the Shiv Sena the split, with senior leader Eknath Shinde rebelling along with several lawmakers. They joined hands with the BJP to form the government in Maharashtra. Today, Uddhav Thackeray’s party is know as the Shiv Sena (UBT). The rebels criticised Uddhav Thackeray partnering with centre-left parties such as the Congress and the NCP, which showed a softer approach to politics, a change from the party’s hardcore pro-Hindu image.

Besides politics, Uddhav Thackeray is a photographer, with two books to his credit and his work displayed in Mumbai’s top art galleries.

Shiv Sena (UBT) split buzz gets louder as 6 of its 9 Lok Sabha MPs skip party meet

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Coming amid speculation that the MPs had decided to join the rival Eknath Shinde faction, the meeting was called by party’s chief whip Anil Desai, mandating all MPs to attend.

Blaming political adversaries or defectors won’t help the deepening fault-lines in Shiv Sena

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Oppn divided as Kejriwal & Uddhav endorse CJP protest, Congress intensifies own stir in Haryana

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Meanwhile, BJP chief Nitin Nabin took a potshot at CJP, saying India's youth is 'not going to move forward by becoming a puppet in the hands of a few people sitting in Delhi'.

Why Shiv Sena (UBT) is opposing Maharashtra minister’s renaming proposal for Mumbai’s KEM Hospital

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Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha has written to BMC proposing change in name of King Edward Memorial Hospital to ‘Kaushalya Eklavya Memorial Hospital’.

Why Uddhav Thackeray has refused a second MLC term

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By refusing to contest and nominating Ambadas Danve, Uddhav Thackeray has sparked an internal battle in the MVA, with Congress exploring a rival bid despite alliance arithmetic constraints.

Uddhav’s first MLC term broke the Thackeray glass ceiling, but was a lost opportunity

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The Shiv Sena leader entered the Maharashtra Upper House by compulsion, governed through crisis, and left behind a record his own supporters call an opportunity lost.

It’s cough, cold & cousinhood at the Thackerays’, while Revanth hopes to hush hecklers with Harvard certificate

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‘Unreachable’ corporators, unusual alliances—how parties are scrambling to control urban Maharashtra

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With several corporations throwing up fractured mandates & an intense tug-of-war for power, especially among Mahayuti allies, hectic parleys are on to stake claim to urban local bodies.

Cracks appear in Thackeray alliance as Raj’s MNS backs Shinde Sena’s mayor bid in Kalyan-Dombivli

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Former MNS MLA Raju Patil has announced the decision on behalf of the party’s 5 corporators to support the Sena's Eknath faction in Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal corporation.

Powered by BJP juggernaut, Mahayuti storms to power in BMC. Uddhav Sena stumbles despite strong showing

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BJP clinched a solid 89 wards in 227-ward BMC, ally Shinde Sena got 29. Uddhav Sena won 65 wards, while MNS, won just 6. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's NCP at a measly tally of three.
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