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Mumbai: Following Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekars decision to recognise the Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena as the real Shiv Sena, the rival Uddhav Thackeray faction is returning to the partys core base its Marathi voters projecting the move as one that hurts Marathi pride...
The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) is emphasising how Narwekars verdict is a major injustice to the Marathi manoos (Marathi people) and aimed to benefit a Gujarati lobby...
Speaking to reporters after the decision Wednesday, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said, Doing this with Balasaheb Thackerays Shiv Sena, attempting to reduce it to dust is like stabbing the Marathi manoos on the backIt was the BJPs dream for many years to remove Balasaheb Thackeray and his Shiv Sena from Maharashtras soil...
While the party also adopted a broader Hindutva agenda in 1985, the Marathi voters especially from the Mumbai and Thane region remained the partys key electorate on the basis of which Shiv Sena won successive elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and Thane Municipal Corporation..
Since the split in the Shiv Sena in 2022, the Shinde-led party has emerged as another claimant on this voter base cultivated under Bal Thackerays leadership, and Narwekars verdict upholding it as the real Shiv Sena further gives it heft...
