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“Big shock to those who run political parties through dynasties”: CM Shinde takes swipe at Uddhav, Congress after Sena verdict
In a blow to Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar declared Eknath Shinde's faction as the real Shiv Sena after the split in June 2022. The Speaker cited the 1999 constitution as valid, rejecting the 2018 leadership structure and stating that Uddhav Thackeray's removal of Eknath Shinde wasn't accepted under the party constitution. Shinde's faction, in celebration, hailed it as the "victory of truth and democracy." The split occurred when Shinde, along with 37 MLAs, joined the BJP, leading to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray government.