The Shiv Sena split in June 2022 when Eknath Shinde led most of its MLAs against Uddhav Thackeray. The Election Commission gave Shinde the name and bow-and-arr…
A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant heard the challenge to the symbol order and the Speaker's ruling through October 2026. No judgment had been reported as of 29 Oct…
Lok Sabha 2024: UBT 9, Shinde 7. Assembly 2024: Shinde 57, UBT 20. BMC 2026: UBT 65, Shinde 29.
He held the Shinde faction was the real Shiv Sena, with 37 of 55 MLAs, and rejected every disqualification petition from both sides.
No. The Governor's floor-test call was not justified, but Thackeray had resigned before the vote, so his government could not be restored.
The Commission gave the name and the bow-and-arrow symbol to Shinde's faction, relying mainly on legislative majority.
Eknath Shinde, with the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as deputy. He won the trust vote 164-99 on 4 July.
The Court refused to stop the floor test, and most Shiv Sena MLAs had backed Shinde. He resigned that night.
After cross-voting in a Council poll, Shinde and rebel MLAs went to Surat and then Guwahati. 37 signed a letter backing him on 23 June.
Bal Thackeray founded the Shiv Sena on 19 June 1966. In November 2019 Uddhav Thackeray became Chief Minister with the Congress and the NCP.
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