Maharashtra CM Shinde to stay ‘chief chief’ of Shiv Sena 

By PTI

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will stay the ‘chief chief’ of the Shiv Sena, it was determined at its first nationwide government assembly held right here on Tuesday night.

State industries minister Uday Samant made the announcement concerning the resolutions handed within the assembly.

The Election Commission of India final week acknowledged the Shinde faction as the actual Shiv Sena, and allotted it the ballot image of the social gathering, bow and arrow.

The rival factions led by Shinde and former CM Uddhav Thackeray are locked in authorized battles over the management of the Shiv Sena.

“The meeting was chaired by the chief leader of the Shiv Sena, chief minister Eknath Shinde,” Samant mentioned. It resolved to kind a disciplinary committee,” he added.

Other resolutions included the demand for a posthumous Bharat Ratna for freedom fighters and Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

Another decision handed on the assembly demanded the inclusion of Sambhaji Maharaj, Veermata Jijabai and Ahilyabai Holkar within the record of “national personalities.”

Samant didn’t specify what position Uddhav Thackeray could have on this new Shiv Sena.

The disciplinary committee can be headed by state ports improvement minister Dada Bhuse; excise minister Shambhuraj Desai and Sanjay More will probably be its different members.

“The disciplinary committee will ensure the smooth functioning of the party and will take action against party leaders who act against the party lines,” Samant mentioned, with out naming former social gathering president Uddhav Thackeray and 16 MLAs who’re loyal to him.

Shinde’s revolt towards Thackeray’s management final June introduced down the Thackeray-led Sena-Congress-NCP authorities in Maharashtra.

The Thackeray camp has filed a petition within the Supreme Court difficult the validity of Shinde group’s defection and the best way the Shinde-led authorities was fashioned with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will stay the ‘chief chief’ of the Shiv Sena, it was determined at its first nationwide government assembly held right here on Tuesday night.

State industries minister Uday Samant made the announcement concerning the resolutions handed within the assembly.

The Election Commission of India final week acknowledged the Shinde faction as the actual Shiv Sena, and allotted it the ballot image of the social gathering, bow and arrow.

The rival factions led by Shinde and former CM Uddhav Thackeray are locked in authorized battles over the management of the Shiv Sena.

“The meeting was chaired by the chief leader of the Shiv Sena, chief minister Eknath Shinde,” Samant mentioned. It resolved to kind a disciplinary committee,” he added.

Other resolutions included the demand for a posthumous Bharat Ratna for freedom fighters and Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

Another decision handed on the assembly demanded the inclusion of Sambhaji Maharaj, Veermata Jijabai and Ahilyabai Holkar within the record of “national personalities.”

Samant didn’t specify what position Uddhav Thackeray could have on this new Shiv Sena.

The disciplinary committee can be headed by state ports improvement minister Dada Bhuse; excise minister Shambhuraj Desai and Sanjay More will probably be its different members.

“The disciplinary committee will ensure the smooth functioning of the party and will take action against party leaders who act against the party lines,” Samant mentioned, with out naming former social gathering president Uddhav Thackeray and 16 MLAs who’re loyal to him.

Shinde’s revolt towards Thackeray’s management final June introduced down the Thackeray-led Sena-Congress-NCP authorities in Maharashtra.

The Thackeray camp has filed a petition within the Supreme Court difficult the validity of Shinde group’s defection and the best way the Shinde-led authorities was fashioned with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party.