Bal Thackeray’s portrait unveiled at Maharashtra Vidhan Bhawan; Uddhav away from the program

An oil portrait of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray was unveiled at the Maharashtra Assembly building here on Monday, boycotted by his son and former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray as the BJP and the ruling Eknath Shinde-led camp claimed the late demanded. Political legacy of Hindutva icon.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads a faction of the Shiv Sena, and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, unveiled the portrait in the Central Hall of Vidhan Bhavan on the occasion of his 97th birth anniversary. Bal Thackeray.

Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aditya, a former minister and MLA from Worli in Mumbai, and other family members stayed away from the official event. The father-son duo, along with other prominent Shiv Sena members (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), paid floral tributes at the late politician’s statue located a few kilometers away from the Vidhan Bhavan building in south Mumbai.

He later attended a program organized at Shanmukhananda Hall in Sion on the occasion of Bal Thackeray’s birth anniversary.

Uddhav Thackeray’s cousin and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, who broke away from Shiv Sena, was also present at the event held at Vidhan Bhawan.

Chief Minister Shinde, who in June last year rebelled against the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray, brought down his Nationalist Congress Party and Congress-backed government, has been claiming to carry forward the Shiv Sena founder’s ideals.

Shinde, backed by the BJP, later took over as chief minister. The rival factions claiming to be the ‘real’ Shiv Sena are embroiled in a bitter dispute over several issues which are pending before the court. Election Commission and the Supreme Court.

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