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Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena placates BJP with second advertisement featuring Fadnavis

The latest advertisement also features Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah

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‘Surveys show Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena poised to get more seats than BJP-Shinde group in BMC poll’: NCP leader

The NCP leader claimed that as the surveys pointed to more seats for Mr. Thackeray, the BJP’s top brass were straining every sinew to win the crucial poll.

The Hindu

BJP should have never aligned with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra’s 2019 election: BJP national general secretary

The undivided Shiv Sena and BJP together won a comfortable majority in the 288-member Assembly, but Mr. Thackeray broke the decades-old alliance after accusing the BJP of not sharing the Chief Ministerial tenure equally as promised.

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Eknath Shinde | The chosen rebel

Shinde, who become a Sena branch head in Thane when he was just 18 in 1982, modelled his personality on Dighe.

The Hindu

Sena vs Sena | Shinde, Fadnavis must quit, says Uddhav after SC verdict; govt.- formation legal: Sena-BJP alliance

Mr. Thackeray told reporters that Mr. Shinde and Mr. Fadnavis should resign on moral grounds “if they have any ethics”.

The Hindu

Pawar play: On the churn in politics in Maharashtra

Intra- and inter-party dynamics are at play in Maharashtra as the BJP, the Congress, the NCP and the Shiv Sena, try to figure out their most advantageous positioning

The Hindu

Friction within MVA after Sena (UBT) ticks off Pawar for ‘failing’ to groom successor in NCP

Fresh schisms developed within the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) troika after the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) faction said its ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar had reportedly “failed to find a political legatee” to take the NCP forward.

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Sharad Pawar | The Machiavelli of Maharashtra

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Deciphering the ‘Pawar game’

Sharad Pawar’s decision to step down as NCP chief is a strategic move to assert his authority over his party forever, analysts say, citing the example of Bal Thackeray who once pulled the same move to stem revolt.

The Hindu

Uddhav Thackeray targets BJP, says "Opposition leaders are being harassed, raided and arrested"

Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has hit out at the BJP accusing it of "harassing, raiding and arresting the opposition leaders." Read further on Dynamite News:

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'Bow and arrow' symbol of Shiv Sena stolen, thief needs to be taught lesson: Uddhav Thackeray slams Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

MUMBAI: In a remark aimed at Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday told his supporters that the party's 'bow and arrow' symbol has been stolen and the thief needs to be taught a lesson.

The Times of India

"Balasaheb Thackeray Saved PM Modi When Atalji Spoke About 'Raj Dharma'...": Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his father and Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray saved him when the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee had asked him to follow "raj dharma". Read further on Dynamite News:

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Andheri assembly bypoll: Will Muslim voters support Uddhav Thackeray-led faction's candidate?

MUMBAI: One of the interesting aspects of the upcoming Andheri (East) Assembly bypoll will be whether the votes of Congress get transferred to Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction's candidate supported by Congress and NCP and if Muslim voters support the saffron party, according to political observers. Though the byelection is…

The Times of India

From bow and arrow to torch: Will a new symbol impact Uddhav Thackeray’s chances in Andheri bypoll?

After the Shiv Sena was formed in 1966, it took 23 years for the party to be allotted its now iconic bow and arrow symbol. Now, 33 years later, that symbol is lost to the party, its use barred until the two rival factions of the party sort themselves out.

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We are inheritors of Bal Thackeray’s ideals: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde

Both Uddhav and Shinde camps say they are happy with the new party names

The Hindu

Battle for the Sena: On EC freezing Shiv Sena’s name and symbol

The bow and arrow is of more than symbolic value for the two factions

The Times of India

New name allotment shows we are real inheritors of Balasaheb's legacy: Maharashtra CM Ekanth Shinde

MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday claimed that the allotment Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena for his faction shows that his faction was the real inheritor of Bal Thackeray’s legacy.

The Hindu

EC allots new names for Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde factions; rejects alternative party symbols proposed by Shinde camp

Uddhav’s faction to be known as ‘Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)‘; Shinde faction to be called ‘Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena’

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Rane slams Uddhav, terms him an ‘accidental CM’

The Union Minister says Shiv Sena had reached its present heights because of leaders like Eknath Shinde and past workers like himself

The Hindu

Uddhav-led Sena mocks CM Shinde, says he just read out 'Modi-Shah Chalisa' at Dasara rally

Party mouthpiece calls the Shinde-led rebel faction as a ‘duplicate Shiv Sena’

The Times of India

Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena mocks Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, says he just read out 'Modi-Shah Chalisa' at Dussehra rally

MUMBAI: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Friday alleged that Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde's Dussehra rally was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-backed event, and mocked him saying that he only "read out Modi-Shah Chalisa" during his speech. It also dubbed the Shinde-led rebel faction as a "duplicate Shiv Sena".

The Times of India

Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena mocks Maharshtra CM Eknath Shinde, says he just read out 'Modi-Shah Chalisa' at Dussehra rally

The Hindu

A day after Dasara rallies, allies of the Shinde and Uddhav camps spew vitriol

BJP says numbers at rally prove the ‘real’ Shiv Sena is with Eknath Shinde; Uddhav camp and its allies claim Shinde read the BJP’s ‘script’, venue was filled with paid supporters

The Hindu

Mumbai Dasara rallies become a free for all, Shinde and Uddhav hurl barbs at each other

For the first time since 1966, Shiv Sena’s annual Dasara rally is split into two factions, both laying claim to Hindutva and Bal Thackeray’s legacy

The Hindu

A Sena versus Sena show of strength

Two Dussehra rallies in Mumbai will test the claims of the rival factions

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