Shinde faction real Shiv Sena, rules Maharashtra Assembly Speaker in big setback for Uddhav

Mumbai, 10/1: 1.5 years after the split in the Balasaheb Thackeray-founded Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday ruled that the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is the “real political party” – a development that comes as a major jolt to Uddhav Thackeray fraction.

Narwekar also ruled that Bharat Gogawale is the whip of Shiv Sena party and not Sunil Prabhu, who is part of the Shiv Sena (UBT) – as he had ceased to reflect the will of the party when two factions emerged. “