Another Tiger Learning to Roar: Decoding Aaditya Thackeray, the New-Age Shiv Sainik

  • The name Shiv Sena has usually been associated with the anti-North Indian agitation in Mumbai, or the perceived bias against minorities in several parts of Maharashtra.
  • “Sainiks as thugs” is how a large part of the narrative has been around the oldest ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
  •  Aaditya Thackeray holding the fort on issues as varied as environment, economics and communal polarisation.
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  • Busy with his Jan Ashirwad Yatra, the clear sense one gets on interacting with the young Thackeray is that he wants to change the identity of his party.
  • His stand on the Aarey Metro project has won him support of many environmentalists across the country. 

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