Sena re-appoints Shinde as chief, won’t stake claim to party property, funds
The Sena executive resolved to rename Western Railways Churchgate local station after former Union Finance Minister Dr Chintamanrao Deshmukh.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde addresses after the inauguration of the 'Sumangalam Panchamahabhuta Lokotsav' organised by Siddhagiri Sansthan Kaneri Math, in Kolhapur, February 20, 2023. (PTI) DAYS AFTER after getting recognition as the real Shiv Sena from Election Commission((EC), the party led by CM Eknath Shinde on Tuesday in its first national executive meeting in Mumbai vested all decision making powers in him. Shinde, addressing the meeting, stated that the party would not stake claim to any property, party funds or wealth of Shiv Sena.
“As Shinde ji clarified on Monday night, the party will not stake claim to any property, party funds or anyone’s wealth (in apparent reference to Uddhav Thackeray led Sena) and it was agreed by all,” Sena leader and state industry minister Uday Samant said. The party also formed a disciplinary committee to tackle anti-party activities and ensure party’s code of conduct was followed by all functionaries. While Dada Bhuse was appointed committee chief, Shambhuraj Desai and functionary Sanjay More were made its members.
“The party also passed a resolution that it would not stray from the ideology of party founder Bal Thackeray while forming an alliance with any party, an error the Uddhav-led Sena made in 2019 by allying with NCP and Congress,” a Sena leader said.
The Sena executive also resolved to demand Bharat Ratna for Hindu Ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, classical language status for Marathi, 80 per cent reservation for jobs in industrial projects to ‘sons of the soil’, renaming Western Railways Churchgate local station after former Union Finance Minister Dr Chintamanrao Deshmukh.
After the EC recognition of the Shinde-faction as the real Shiv Sena, the party resolved to take up the traditional ideology of party to work for society. It also resolved to start training centres across the state for youth preparing for competitive exams in rural areas including MPSC and UPSC.
In the meeting, Shinde was re-appointed chief of Shiv Sena, minister Deepak Kesarkar was appointed spokesperson, former minister Ramdas Kadam and former MP Anandrao Adsul appointed as leaders, former BMC Corporator Yashwant Jadhav, ministers Gulabrao Patil and Uday Samant and Sharad Ponkshe, minister Tanaji Sawant, Vijay Nahata and former MP Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil were appointed as deputy leaders.
The last and first national executive meeting of Shinde-led Sena was held in July last year, during which Shinde was appointed ‘mukhya neta’ of the party and the post of party president of Shiv Sena, held by Uddhav, was cancelled. It was decided that all powers and duties of party president will be with mukhya neta (Shinde) and Uddhav can remain party president, but it would be an honorary post till the date he desires to remain so.
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