Tragedy To Determination: 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
The upcoming assembly election in Maharashtra is the state’s first since the Shiv Sena split in 2022. The split was spearheaded by Eknath Shinde, the incumbent chief minister and a long-time Shiv Sainik who is said to have parted ways with Uddhav Thackeray because the latter led the party into an “unnatural alliance” with the Congress.
Born in Satara on 9 February, 1964, Eknath Shinde has spent much of his life in Thane, where his family moved in the pursuit of a better life. He joined the Shiv Sena in his youth, inspired by the ideology of party founder Balasaheb Thackeray and led by the late Anand Dighe, a senior leader of the party whom Shinde credits as his mentor.
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