Setback after setback, but how Uddhav Thackeray still has bargaining power

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The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction faced another setback on Wednesday, January 10, as the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker, Rahul Narwekar, refused to disqualify the MLAs led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde..

What begs a question is how Uddhav Thackeray still has bargaining powers despite a string of setbacks since June 2022...

Uddhav Thackeray, whose father Balasaheb Thackeray founded the Shiv Sena, lost control of the party after a senior party leader, Eknath Shinde, along with most of the Shiv Sena MLAs opted out and joined hands with the BJP...

It will try to project how some party members, led by Eknath Shinde, backstabbed Uddhav Thackeray, the son of Shiv Sena's founder, and robbed him of the party's control...

Despite a majority of Shiv Sena switching their loyalties to Eknath Shinde, the Shiv Sainiks of the Shakhas are reported to have pledged their loyalty to the Uddhav Thackeray-led UBT faction..

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