Shiv Sena party workers in large numbers were seen reaching the NESCO ground in Goregaon where Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde along with other leaders of his party are celebrating Shiv Sena's foundation day. Pics/Nimesh Dave
Updated On: 2023-06-19 07:48 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday launched social media handles of the Shiv Sena on the party's 57th foundation day. The social media handles of platforms including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook were released ahead of the party's foundation day event
While the CM Shinde-led Shiv Sena is holding its event at the NESCO ground in Goregaon, the Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) is celebrating the party's foundation day at Shanmukhanand Hall in Sion
The Shiv Sena had split in June last year after the rebellion by CM Shinde against then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Later the Election Commission allotted the 'Shiv Sena' name and 'bow and arrow' symbol to the Shinde faction
The undivided Shiv Sena was founded by late Balasaheb Thackeray on June 19, 1966 in Mumbai to protect the interests of Marathi-speaking persons
The Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray-led factions have now been trying to claim the mantle of the 'true inheritor' of party founder late Bal Thackeray's legacy ahead of the next year's Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly elections
