After Operation Tiger, why Shiv Sena chorus grows for Shrikant Shinde elevation
The development marks the first time since June 2022, when Shinde split the then Uddhav-led undivided Shiv Sena, that senior Sena leaders have openly called for a major organisational role for Shrikant.The first such demand came during a Shinde Sena event in Mumbai on June 19, held to mark the Sena’s 60th foundation day, where senior party leader Ramdas Kadam said Shrikant should be appointed the party’s national general secretary and be given the charge of its youth wing Yuva Sena. Kadam has been one of the Sena’s senior-most leaders since the party founder Bal Thackeray period. Kadam highlighted Shrikant’s role in executing what the party calls the “Operation Tiger”, the exercise which culminated in six Sena (UBT) MPs formally joining the Shinde Sena on June 22. The Uddhav Sena has challenged this “merger” before Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, holding that it violated the 10th Schedule or anti-defection law. Addressing the Shinde Sena event, Kadam said, “Shiv Sena has completed 60 years and I have seen 57 of those years. After Balasaheb Thackeray, Eknath Shinde worked to save Shiv Sena. Following the same path, Shrikant Shinde is now working to expand the party. He has played a major role in Operation Tiger.”
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