Fifty-three years after the Shiv Sena was founded, a Thackeray was sworn in as Maharashtra’s chief minister on Friday. Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s son Uddhav assumed the top post as leader of the newly-minted Maha Vikas Aghadi of the Sena, NCP and Congress at 6.40pm on Thursday at a grand ceremony held at Shivaji Park, a location redolent with symbolism for the Sena. It was here that the party held its first rally and where its first CM was sworn in more than two decades ago; Bal Thackeray was also cremated on this very ground.
Fifty-three years after the Shiv Sena was founded, a Thackeray was sworn in as Maharashtra’s chief minister on Friday. Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s son Uddhav assumed the top post as leader of the newly-minted Maha Vikas Aghadi of the Sena, NCP and Congress at 6.40pm on Thursday at a grand ceremony held at Shivaji Park, a location redolent with symbolism for the Sena. It was here that the party held its first rally and where its first CM was sworn in more than two decades ago; Bal Thackeray was also cremated on this very ground.