Is now Shinde camp eyeing Shiv Sena Bhawan and ‘Saamana’ Is ? This question is in everyone’s mind. With the Election Commission (EC) recognizing Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction as the real Shiv Sena, it remains to be seen whether his group stakes claim on the party headquarters Shiv Sena Bhavan and the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’. Both are currently controlled by the Uddhav Thackeray camp. Shiv Sena Bhavan is located in Dadar in central Mumbai, the head office of ‘Saamana’ is located in the nearby Prabhadevi area. Both these establishments are currently being run by separate trusts.

Chief Minister Shinde has said that he will not claim the Shiv Sena building, even if he has got the party’s name and symbol. However, the rival camp is wary. Recently, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and Thane MP Rajan Vichare submitted a letter to Thane Police Commissioner Jaijit Singh, threatening any attempt by the Shinde camp to take over Shiv Sena shakhas (local party offices) in the city. Urged to fail.

)Know about Shiv Sena Bhavan

Shiv Sena Bhavan It is controlled by ‘Shiwai Seva Trust’. Its founding trustees included the late Bal Thackeray and his wife, the late Meena Thackeray, among others. Many of the founding trustees are no longer alive. Its current trustees include senior leaders Subhash Desai, Diwakar Raote, Leeladhar Dake, former Mumbai mayor Vishakha Raut and Uddhav Thackeray. Saamana, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece founded by Bal Thackeray, is managed by Prabodhan Prakashan, whose printer-publisher is Thackeray loyalist Subhash Desai.

Know about ‘Saamana’ Uddhav Thackeray took over as Chief Minister in November After taking over, he resigned from the post of editor of ‘Saamana’. He handed over the post of editor to his wife Rashmi Thackeray in March . However, after the split in Shiv Sena, Uddhav again took over the post of editor in August 2022. Sanjay Raut is the executive editor of the party’s mouthpiece. Shakhas are premises where Shiv Sainiks (party workers) gather for political meetings, resolve local issues of citizens.

What senior journalist Prakash Akolkar said Senior journalist Prakash Akolkar, who wrote the book ‘Jai Maharashtra’ on the history of Shiv Sena, said that Chief Minister Shinde has taken a mature decision not to claim Shiv Sena Bhawan and Saamna as both these The institutes are run by private trusts. Staking a claim on these establishments would create further legal complications. This is also an indirect message to the supporters to exercise restraint.