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Shiv Sena ( IAST: Śhiva Sēnā) ( lit. 'Army of Shivaji ') is a right-wing Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray. [16] . Currently led by Eknath Shinde, this party is the ruling party of the Indian state of Maharashtra since 2019. Shiv Sena's election symbol is the Bow and Arrow.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (IAST: Śhiva Sēnā (Ud'dhava bāḷāsāhēba ṭhākarē); lit. ' Army of Shivaji , led by Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray ' ; abbr. SS (UBT) ) [10] [11] [12] is a Hindutva -based, Marathi regionalist , [13] [6] nationalist political party formed in 2022 under the leadership of former Chief Minister of ...
5 days ago · Shiv Sena, right-wing Hindu nationalist political party in India founded by Bal Thackeray on June 19, 1966. Its largest following is in Mumbai (Bombay) and other parts of Maharashtra state. Initially the ideology of Shiv Sena focused on Maharashtrian pride and favoring regional exclusivity and priority for Maharashtrians.
Jul 20, 2021 · Shiv Sena, roughly translated as the 'Army of Lord Shiva', is a regional political party, as approved by the Election Commission of India.
1 day ago · The Shiv Sena (UBT), headed by Uddhav Thackeray, is an alliance with the Congress in Maharashtra as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which also includes the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar). The alliance won 30 of the 48 seats in the state in Lok Sabha elections 2024 (Congress-13, Shiv Sena (UBT)-9, NCP (SP)-8).
In the 2019 general elections, the BJP won 23 Lok Sabha seats in the state, and its alliance partner Shiv Sena (which was then undivided) won 18 seats. However, in 2022, a massive political...
2 days ago · Shiv Sena (UBT)'s candidate JM Abhyankar won from the Mumbai Teachers seat. He got 4.083 out of the 11,598 valid votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious on the Konkan Graduates ...
Jun 30, 2022 · A government inquiry into the riots in Mumbai in 1992-93 blamed Shiv Sena members and several party leaders for their role in organising attacks on Muslims.
Jan 10, 2024 · Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narvekar recognised the Shinde faction as the “real Shiv Sena”, while deciding on a set of 54 petitions calling for disqualification of Sena MLAs on both sides.
May 11, 2023 · What was the Shiv Sena case? Rival groups of Shiv Sena – the Eknath Shinde group and the Uddhav Thackeray group – petitioned the SC last year in relation to the political crisis in the state. Explained | Key takeaways from Supreme Court’s Maharashtra verdict.
