MUMBAI: Yuva Sena chief
Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday appointed
Mohsin Sheikh
as the Yuva Sena’s joint secretary after he faced the brunt of police lathis during the Sena’s protest outside union minister Narayan Rane’s Juhu residence on Wednesday. Shaikh’s photos of being lathi-charged by the police with some of his clothes torn had gone viral.
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Shaikh was injured in the clashes on Wednesday.
“Congratulations on the election of Yuva Sena’s daring tiger Mohsin Sheikh as the Joint Secretary of Yuva Sena!” Yuva Sena secretary
Varun Sardesai
tweeted on Friday. Political observers said that Sheikh was rewarded for this fight against Rane. Sena insiders said that with the Yuva Sena now at the centre of the streetfights with the BJP, the party is likely to give tickets to around 12 to 15 Yuva Sena functionaries for the upcoming BMC elections.
Already Yuva Sena functionaries like Amey Ghole and Samadhan Sarvankar are corporators, while others like Sainath Durghe and Rahul Kanal have been appointed members on BMC committees. Some of the Yuva Sena’s faces who will bag tickets for the elections are also likely to be from the minority community.
Sheikh was earlier in the NCP. He joined the Sena in 2017. His wife Nadia Sheikh is NCP corporator from Mankhurd.
With Yuva Sena office-bearers and functionaries leading the charge for the Sena against Rane after his comments, the Aaditya-led youth wing has shed its image of being a soft and dormant organisation. Right since it was launched in 2010, the Yuva Sena has overshadowed the Bhartiya Vidyarthi Sena (BVS), which was earlier known for its militant street politics.
Yuva Sena members who protested outside Rane’s residence met the CM, a leader from the party’s youth wing said. The meeting took place on Tuesday night at Thackeray’s official residence Varsha, said Sardesai, who led the team during the protest. Aaditya Thackeray was present at the meet. The CM Thackeray reportedly applauded Yuva Sena’s actions.
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