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.
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.