Shiv Sena (UBT) And Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will once again show strength through their respective Dussehra rallies today. Since the split in Shiv Sena in June last year, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Shinde-led Shiv Sena have been trying to project themselves as the true heirs to the legacy of party founder Bal Thackeray. Shinde led Shiv Sena has got the name and symbol of the party.
Uddhav and Shinde will hold rally in Azad Maidan in Shivaji Park.
Uddhav Thackeray will address his party’s Dussehra rally at Vishal Shivaji Park in Dadar. This place is the traditional venue of this program where Bal Thackeray continued to inspire enthusiasm among his party workers for more than four decades. Shinde’s rally will be held at Azad Maidan in South Mumbai. Like last year, initially there was some confusion about which faction would get permission to hold the rally at Shivaji Park. These two rallies are also important in the sense that Lok Sabha elections are in a few months and municipal elections in many cities including Mumbai in the state are pending since the beginning of 2022.
Uddhav Thackeray can speak on these issues
The issues on which Uddhav Thackeray can speak are – Maratha reservation, but the government is turning a blind eye, the ruling party is surrounded by drug mafia links, MLA ineligibility issue, China infiltration etc. Uddhav Thackeray will address Shiv Sainiks in his rally today. can do.
Such an atmosphere was created even before the rallies
Before these rallies, the Thackeray faction has released several video clips of Bal Thackeray’s speech, especially the clips in which it has been told what action should be taken against the turncoats. Shiv Sena (UBT) workers have widely shared these video clips. The teaser (advertisement) of Shinde faction about its rally contains speeches of Bal Thackeray where he has strongly advocated Hindutva.
Both groups are blaming each other
The Uddhav Thackeray faction has consistently called the members of the Shinde faction ‘traitors’, while the Shinde faction claims that by abandoning Hindutva, the former Chief Minister (Thackeray) broke ties with the BJP and joined hands with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Last year, Shinde and several party MLAs rebelled and toppled the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government, after which Shiv Sena split. The breakaway faction of Shiv Sena led by Shinde formed the government in the state with the support of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sanjay Raut termed Eknath Shinde’s rally as ‘duplicate’
Let us tell you that Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut had said on Sunday that the annual Dussehra rally held in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park has been a tradition and heritage for more than five decades. He claimed that there is only one Thackeray who provides the vision and blueprint for Maharashtra and the country from the venue. Raut, speaking to reporters, had claimed that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s speech at the Dussehra rally would be the “beginning of change” at the state and national level in 2024. Rajya Sabha member Raut termed the Dussehra rally organized by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as “duplicate” and claimed it was acceptable only to “duplicate people in BJP”. Raut said that Uddhav Thackeray’s speech at the Dussehra rally will be the beginning of change at the state and national level in 2024. Thackeray’s Dussehra rally has been a tradition and legacy for more than five decades. First (Shiv Sena founder) Balasaheb and later Uddhavji have taken this legacy forward.”
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