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Eknath Shinde indispensable amusement the courageousness to enactment Uddhav Thackeray successful the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Shiv Sena (UBT) person Bhaskar Jadhav said connected Thursday (January 22, 2026), stirring a controversy.
“This is the commencement centenary twelvemonth of Balasaheb Thackeray. It is the close clip for Sena’s saffron emblem to alert precocious connected the BMC. It was Balasaheb’s imagination to spot a Sena mayor. Eknath Shinde tin gladly stay successful powerfulness successful the Centre and successful the State with the BJP, but helium indispensable enactment Uddhav Thackeray successful BMC,” helium told The Hindu.
Shiv Sena (UBT) has 65 seats successful BMC. Eknath Shinde has 29 seats. The magic fig for powerfulness successful BMC is 114.
“He indispensable amusement this courage. Had I been successful Eknath Shinde’s place, I would person tolerated thing to travel backmost to Uddhav Thackeray and to enactment him. I would person paid immoderate terms to instrumentality this step. I would person said that for the thoughts of Balasaheb Thackeray, immoderate suffering is acceptable,” helium said.
He challenged Mr. Shinde, saying if helium considered himself a existent Shiv Sainik, helium should basal down Mr. Thackeray.
When asked astir it, Shiv Sena nationalist spokesperson Shaina N.C. said, “That vessel has sailed the aforesaid time successful 2019, erstwhile Uddhav Thackeray gave up the ideology of Balasaheb Thackeray to beryllium with Congress, NCP. I don’t deliberation they should callback that moment.”
Shiv Sena was divided vertically aft Eknath Shinde rebelled on with 40 MLAs of the Shiv Sena, bringing down the past Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities successful the twelvemonth 2022. He joined the BJP to signifier a authorities successful Maharashtra. Since the split, the parties person been warring a bitter conflict successful tribunal astir the ownership of the existent inheritor of the party’s sanction and symbol. Eknath Shinde has since fought each the elections arsenic an state of the BJP. The BJP has called him a earthy ally.
