Uddhav Thackeray to Conduct Tour Across Maharashtra to Revive Shiv Sena

Meanwhile, the Uddhav camp moved the SC against Om Birla's approval of a floor leader from Eknath Shinde's faction.

Uddhav Thackeray announced on Wednesday, 27 July, that he will conduct a tour across Maharashtra to revive the Shiv Sena, and said that the state will once again have a chief minister from the party.

“We (Shiv Sena) will have a chief minister again in the state and we will work to expand the party base and cadre. Currently, membership registration drive is going on; once it is done, I will be touring the state from August. I want to have maximum membership,” Thackeray said in an interview with party mouthpiece Saamana.

Without specifically naming Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Thackeray said that when the Sena was in an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it was him (Shinde) who would claim that the BJP was not letting the Sena work in rural areas across Maharashtra.