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Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (Śiva Sēnā; lit. ' Army of Shivaji '; abbr. SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray.
Shiv Sena demanded the post of Chief Minister for 2.5 years according to alleged 50-50 agreement. [11] [12] The incumbent CM from BJP, Devendra Fadnavis denied any such formula had been agreed upon. BJP eventually ended breaking ties with one of their oldest ally Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena then declined to support the BJP to form the government.
The party was formed after a split in Shiv Sena as a result of the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis.The split was caused by Eknath Shinde, who staged a rebellion in the party, getting support of the majority of the MLAs of the Sena and later splitting from the group led by Uddhav Thackeray, forming the Maharashtra government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, in which Shinde got the post of ...
Khan made his electoral debut and became a first time MLA winning from Versova Assembly constituency representing Shiv Sena (UBT) in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. He polled 65,396 votes and defeated his nearest rival and two time MLA, Bharati Lavekar of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 1,600 votes. [5] [6] [7]
After the declaration of election results on 24 October, Shiv Sena declined to support the BJP to form the government, on demand an equal share in power which was promised by BJP. Shiv Sena also demanded the post of Chief Minister for 2.5 years according to 50-50 promise.
On 20 June 2022, BJP won all 5 seats it contested in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections reportedly due to cross voting by several Shiv Sena members. [15] Immediately after the MLC election results, 11 MLAs of the Shiv Sena, led by senior Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, moved to a Hotel in Surat Gujarat. [16]
Few Shiv Sena members alleged that their complaints were ignored by Uddhav Thackeray. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Shinde was able to gather 2/3rd of members from his party to support his request. [ 31 ] The crisis began on 21 June 2022 when Shinde and several other MLAs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition moved to Surat in the BJP-governed Gujarat ...
The event was marred by violence towards the protesters by Shiv Sena and Hanuman Sena. [42] Police caned and took the Kiss of Love protesters and their opponents into preventive custody. [43] Protesters claimed that Kerala Police were more brutal than their right-wing opponents. [44]