Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray): Difference between revisions

|founder          = Uddhav Thackeray

   | [[Secularism in India|Secular]] [[Hindutva]]<ref name="mm.jore.2022.06.09">{{cite web |url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/uddhav-thackeray-defines-shiv-senas-secular-hindutva-challenges-bjp-to-protect-kashmiri-pandits-23230876 |title=Uddhav Thackeray defines Shiv Sena's 'secular' Hindutva, challenges BJP to protect Kashmiri Pandits |website=mid-day.com |language=en |first1=Dharmendra |last1=Jore |date=9 June 2022 |access-date=11 October 2022 |archive-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011072009/https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/uddhav-thackeray-defines-shiv-senas-secular-hindutva-challenges-bjp-to-protect-kashmiri-pandits-23230876 |url-status=live }}</ref>

| [[Indian nationalism|Nationalism]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0002852/ | title=Shiv Sena :: Founded on 19 June 1966 by Hinduhrudaysamrat Shri Balasaheb Thackrey, a nationalist political party in India | website=[[Library of Congress]] | access-date=13 December 2022 | archive-date=12 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212115738/https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0002852/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

| {{Nowrap|[[Regionalism (politics)|Marathi regionalism]]}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/shiv-sena-will-continue-to-fight-for-marathi-manoos-hindutva-uddhav-thackeray/articleshow/53405754.cms|title=Shiv Sena will continue to fight for Marathi manoos, Hindutva: Uddhav Thackeray|newspaper=The Economic Times |date=27 July 2016 |access-date=24 February 2023|archive-date=24 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224075110/https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/shiv-sena-will-continue-to-fight-for-marathi-manoos-hindutva-uddhav-thackeray/articleshow/53405754.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/it-may-be-marathi-manoos-again-for-uddhav-s-sena-to-hold-on-to-bmc-101656689085414.html|title=Marathi manoos again for Uddhav Sena|date=July 2022 |access-date=26 February 2023|archive-date=26 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226135605/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/it-may-be-marathi-manoos-again-for-uddhav-s-sena-to-hold-on-to-bmc-101656689085414.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

|publication=''[[Saamana]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/uddhav-back-as-editor-of-saamna/articleshow/93382504.cms|title=Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray back as editor of Saamna|newspaper=The Times of India |date=6 August 2022 |access-date=25 February 2023|archive-date=25 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225103605/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/uddhav-back-as-editor-of-saamna/articleshow/93382504.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>  

|position          = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Phadke |first=Manasi |date=24 July 2020 |title=The 'softening' of Shiv Sena – belligerent under Bal Thackeray to more liberal under Uddhav |url=https://theprint.in/statedraft/the-softening-of-shiv-sena-belligerent-under-bal-thackeray-to-more-liberal-under-uddhav/466753/ |access-date=15 October 2022 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US |archive-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015164450/https://theprint.in/statedraft/the-softening-of-shiv-sena-belligerent-under-bal-thackeray-to-more-liberal-under-uddhav/466753/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2020 |title=Uddhav's Shiv Sena: Caught Between the Old and the New |url=https://www.newsclick.in/uddhavs-shiv-sena-caught-between-old-and-new |access-date=16 October 2022 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929130435/https://www.newsclick.in/uddhavs-shiv-sena-caught-between-old-and-new |url-status=live }}</ref>

|headquarters=Shivsena Bhavan, [[Dadar]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/videos/news/uddhav-thackeray-arrives-at-shiv-sena-bhavan-for-party-meeting/videoshow/98087678.cms|title=Uddhav arrives at Sena Bhawan for meeting|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=20 February 2023|access-date=25 February 2023|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411160209/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/uddhav-thackeray-arrives-at-shiv-sena-bhavan-for-party-meeting/videoshow/98087678.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref>

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'''Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)''' ([[IAST]]: {{translit|hi|IAST|Śhiva Sēnā (Ud'dhava bāḷāsāhēba ṭhākarē)}}; {{Literal translation|Army of [[Shivaji]], led by [[Uddhav Thackeray|Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray]]}})<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/amp/news/politics/ec-allots-balasahebchi-shiv-sena-as-new-name-for-shinde-led-faction-mashaal-poll-symbol-for-uddhav-camp-6137785.html |title=Team Eknath Shinde Now 'Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena', 'Mashaal' Poll Symbol for Uddhav Camp |date=October 10, 2022 |website=[[News18]] |access-date=November 30, 2022 |location=Delhi, India |editor1-first=Debalina |editor1-last=Dey |archive-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010150635/https://www.news18.com/amp/news/politics/ec-allots-balasahebchi-shiv-sena-as-new-name-for-shinde-led-faction-mashaal-poll-symbol-for-uddhav-camp-6137785.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/ec-allots-mashaal-as-election-symbol-to-uddhav-thackeray-led-shiv-sena-faction-eknath-shinde-camp-asked-to-give-more-options-2520280.html/amp |title=Thackeray-led Sena gets 'mashaal' as election symbol; Shinde camp asked to give fresh list |access-date=10 October 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024224557/https://zeenews.india.com/india/ec-allots-mashaal-as-election-symbol-to-uddhav-thackeray-led-shiv-sena-faction-eknath-shinde-camp-asked-to-give-more-options-2520280.html/amp |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/national/news/the-mace-mark-sought-was-not-found-shiv-sena-uddhav-balasaheb-thackeray-name-and-torch-mark-to-uddhav-faction-130422442.html |script-title=hi:शिंदे-उद्धव गुटों को नए नाम अलॉट, निशान एक को: एकनाथ को गदा देने से Ec का इनकार; ठाकरे को मशाल सिंबल मिला |trans-title=Shinde-Uddhav factions allotted new names, mark one: EC refuses to give mace to Eknath; Thackeray gets torch symbol |language=hi |website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date=10 October 2022 |location=Mumbai |access-date=10 October 2022 |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031112118/https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/national/news/the-mace-mark-sought-was-not-found-shiv-sena-uddhav-balasaheb-thackeray-name-and-torch-mark-to-uddhav-faction-130422442.html |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[Secularism|secular]] [[Hindutva]]-based, [[Regionalism (politics)|Marathi regionalist]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/shiv-sena-will-continue-to-fight-for-marathi-manoos-hindutva-uddhav-thackeray/articleshow/53405754.cms|title=Shiv Sena will continue to fight for Marathi manoos, Hindutva: Uddhav Thackeray|newspaper=The Economic Times |date=27 July 2016 |access-date=24 February 2023|archive-date=24 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224075110/https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/shiv-sena-will-continue-to-fight-for-marathi-manoos-hindutva-uddhav-thackeray/articleshow/53405754.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mm.jore.2022.06.09"/> [[Indian nationalism|nationalist]] [[Politics in India|political party]] formed in 2022 under the [[leadership]] of former [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister of Maharashtra]], [[Uddhav Thackeray]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/national/news/the-mace-mark-sought-was-not-found-shiv-sena-uddhav-balasaheb-thackeray-name-and-torch-mark-to-uddhav-faction-130422442.html |script-title=hi:शिंदे-उद्धव गुटों को नए नाम अलॉट, निशान एक को: एकनाथ को गदा देने से Ec का इनकार; ठाकरे को मशाल सिंबल मिला |trans-title=Shinde-Uddhav factions allotted new names, mark one: EC refuses to give mace to Eknath; Thackeray gets torch symbol |language=hi |website=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |date=10 October 2022 |location=Mumbai |access-date=10 October 2022 |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031112118/https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/national/news/the-mace-mark-sought-was-not-found-shiv-sena-uddhav-balasaheb-thackeray-name-and-torch-mark-to-uddhav-faction-130422442.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  

It was allotted a new symbol by the [[Election Commission of India|Election Commission]], separate from the main [[Shiv Sena]]. It was one of two separate [[Political faction|factions]], the other being the [[Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena]], led by [[Eknath Shinde]], formed as a result of the [[2022 Maharashtra political crisis]], until the [[Election Commissioner of India|Election Commission]] recognised the faction led by Eknath Shinde as the legitimate structure of Shiv Sena in February 2023.<ref name=":1" /> Thackeray has filed petition against the decision of the ECI at the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] in New Delhi.<ref name=":0" />

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 chief minister whereas the BJP's [[Devendra Fadnavis]] became deputy chief minister. The two factions in the Sena later formed separate political parties, with the secular and progressive group, seeking to move further to the left, led by [[Uddhav Thackeray]] forming Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) whereas the traditional and original Hindu nationalist faction of the Shiv Sena led by [[Eknath Shinde]] formed the [[Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena]].

On 17 February 2023, [[Election Commission of India]] recognised [[Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena|Eknath Shinde's faction]] as representing [[Shiv Sena]] officially. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader [[Uddhav Thackeray]] has filed an appeal with the [[Supreme Court of India]]. Further, in its decision, the ECI allowed the party to keep its torch symbol until [[2023 elections in India|state assembly by polls]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2023-02-20 |title=Election Commission should be dissolved immediately and reconstituted through 'proper process': Uddhav Thackeray |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/election-commission-should-be-dissolved-immediately-and-reconstituted-through-proper-process-uddhav-thackeray/article66531698.ece |access-date=2023-02-20 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220095116/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/election-commission-should-be-dissolved-immediately-and-reconstituted-through-proper-process-uddhav-thackeray/article66531698.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/ec-a-slave-of-centre-democracy-in-danger-will-move-sc-former-maharashtra-cm-uddhav-thackeray/articleshow/98030425.cms|title=Uddhav to move to SC|newspaper=The Times of India |date=18 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411160413/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/ec-a-slave-of-centre-democracy-in-danger-will-move-sc-former-maharashtra-cm-uddhav-thackeray/articleshow/98030425.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref>  

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In the 2022 [[Gram panchayat|Maharashtra gram panchayat polls]], the [[Maha Vikas Aghadi|MVA]] won 457 gram panchayat seats, out of which the [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] got 155 seats, while the SS (UBT) got 153 seats and the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] got 149 seats. The [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] got 352 seats, out of which the [[BJP]] won 239 seats and the [[Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena|BSS]] won 113 seats.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sutar |first=Kamlesh Damodar |date=2022-10-18 |title=BJP single-largest party in Maharashta gram panchayat polls, but MVA trumps BJP-Shinde alliance |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/maharashtra/story/maharashtra-gram-panchayat-poll-results-sharad-pawar-uddhav-thackeray-eknath-shinde-bjp-mva-2286840-2022-10-18#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16664659466602&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=India Today |archive-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023043130/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/maharashtra/story/maharashtra-gram-panchayat-poll-results-sharad-pawar-uddhav-thackeray-eknath-shinde-bjp-mva-2286840-2022-10-18#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16664659466602&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com |url-status=live }}</ref>