Eknath Shinde appointed leader of Shiv Sena, dissolves national executive formed by Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena MLAs on Monday elected CM Shinde as the leader of Shiv Sena and dissolved the national executive formed by Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.

The Eknath Shinde-led faction on Monday held a meeting with Shiv Sena MLAs in Mumbai and passed a resolution electing Chief Minister Shinde as the leader of Shiv Sena. In the meeting, 14 MLAs, who extended their support to Uddhav Thackeray during Eknath Shinde's rebellion against the Sena leadership, also adopted resolutions for the appointment of executive members of the party.

Following the meeting, the Shinde faction announced the formation of a new national executive of Shiv Sena and dissolution of the earlier executive formed by Uddhav Thackeray.

CM Eknath Shinde was elected as the chief leader of the Shiv Sena party. However, Shiv Sena party chief, a post held by Uddhav Thackeray, has not been dissolved.

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MLA Deepak Kesarkar has been appointed as a spokesperson and Ramdas Kadam and ex-MP Anandrao Adsul have been appointed as leaders of the Shiv Sena party.

Yashwant Jadhav, Gulabrao Patil, Uday Samant, Sharad Ponkshe, Tanaji Sawant, Vijay Nahata, Shivajirao Adharao Patil have been appointed as deputy leaders.

This comes at a time when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on July 20 a batch of pleas pertaining to the recent political crisis in Maharashtra that led to the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.