Thackeray Vs Thackeray

Launching today: Shiv Sena, the sequel After quitting as 8216;Sena Leader8217; on November 27, 2005 and resigning from the party146...

Launching today: Shiv Sena, the sequel
After quitting as 8216;Sena Leader8217; on November 27, 2005 and resigning from the party8217;s primary membership on December 18, 2005, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray8217;s nephew Raj is all set to launch his own political outfit at a rally on March 19. He will make a formal announcement about it on Thursday.

Shiv Sena
8226; Founder: Bal Thackeray Executive President: Uddhav Thackeray son of Bal Thackeray
Established: June 19, 1966 in Mumbai
Party flag: Saffron

8226; Existing political strength: MPs 8212; Lok Sabha 12; Rajya Sabha 3 MLAs in Maharashtra Assembly reduced from 63 to 58 after Narayan Rane walked away with 6 MLAs to Cong; plus 12 MLCs
Civic bodies ruled: Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Aurangabad, Kulgaon-Badlapur and Amravati

8226; Core leaders: Manohar Joshi, Sudhir Joshi, Pramod Navalkar, Datta Nalawade, Leeladhar Dake, Madhukar Sarpotdar, Subhash Desai, Divakar Raote
Secretaries: Originally 4 now 2 after Kiran Wadhivkar went with Rane and Ashish Kulkarni is with Raj
Shakhas branches: 231 in Mumbai
Major issues : Maharashtra-Karnataka border issue, jobs for locals, welfare of Marathi Manoos, demands of mill workers in
Mumbai, against cricket with Pakistan, Valentine8217;s Day celebrations and Islamic fundamentalism

Important Sena outfits

Bharatiya Kamgar Sena Now weakened as Rane and his supporters walked away to form 8220;Maharashtra Samarth Kamgar Sena8221;
Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena Now weakened as its major leaders walked away with Raj
BEST Kamgar Sena Now weakened as Rane and his supporters have captured it

Raj Thackeray8217;s proposed party

Probable name:
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena/Paksha. Maharashtra Gaurav Sena/Paksha. Shivrajya Paksha. Shivraj Sena.
Core leadership: Pravin Darekar, Arvind Gawde, Sandeep Dalvi, Shirish Parker, Manoj Chavan and Abhijit Sarpotdar

Likely structure
8226; A 10-member politburo with Raj as president
8226; District level politburos
8226; Shakhas like Sena with maximum membership of youths and non-political persons including
professionals
Likely party flag: Saffron with a band of blue
Major issues: Maharashtra8217;s development, unemployment, participation of professionals in politics