Mumbai: After Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray’s Shiv Samvaad Yatra, Shiv Sena will begin its Maha Prabodhan Yatra all over the state. Sena party president Uddhav Thackeray will address the first public rally as part of the yatra at Thane’s Tembhi Naka.
Sena leaders said Uddhav’s first speech will be in Thane, the home turf and stronghold of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Sena leaders said the tour’s finer details will be worked out after Ganpati, after which the tour will be launched.
Details of the rally are being worked out by Sena leader Kedar Dighe and MP Rajan Vichare. A Sena leader said Uddhav will visit all 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
Sena leader said the yatra will end at Bindu Chowk in Kolhapur.
“Aaditya has hit the ground, running hard to save the party. Now, his father Uddhav will step in. As soon as the festival ends, the finer details will be worked out. It may also be launched after the Dussehra rally. It may start after Aaditya’s yatra ends, so that one senior leader will be in Mumbai. Uddhav has addressed press conferences, spoken at meetings of office-bearers and slammed Shinde and the rebel MLAs. Now he will challenge the chief minister directly through public meetings and from Shinde’s home turf,” a Shiv Sena leader said.
“Uddhav will put out his views and speak his mind in front of the people… from how the Thackeray government worked during Covid to Shinde’s rebellion, who did what he did for Maharashtra when he was chief minister. Everything will be spoken about,” he said.