Eknath Shinde's first tweet after rebelling against Shiv Sena was - We are Balasaheb's firm Shiv Sainiks. Never cheated for power and never will. In response to this, Uddhav Thackeray said- As Shiv Sena was at the time of Bal Thackeray, it is still there. After this, Balasaheb's Shiv Sena is being mentioned in every second-third statement for the last three days.
In such a situation, the question arises that how was Balasaheb's Shiv Sena? Come let's know...
Beginning: Shiv Sena formed by talking about Marathi Manus
In the 60s, the big business in Mumbai was occupied by Gujaratis. At the same time, the share of South Indians and Muslims in small business was very high. That is, there was very little scope for Marathis in Mumbai. At this time the entry of Balasaheb Thackeray takes place. Thackeray capitalizes on this issue and forms Shiv Sena in 1966 talking of Marathi Manus.
In Mumbai at that time, Marathis made up about 43% of the population, but they had the lowest numbers in everything from Bollywood to business and jobs. On the other hand, Gujaratis, with 14% of the population, dominated in the field of big business here. While small businesses and jobs were dominated by South Indians, who made up 9% of the population.
There was a lack of jobs at that time and Bal Thackeray claimed in the 1966 Manifesto that South Indians were snatching jobs from Marathis. He started an agitation demanding preference in jobs for Marathi speaking local people.
He had launched 'Pungi Bajao and Lungi Hatao' campaign against South Indians. Thackeray used to call him 'Yandugundu' while ridiculing the Tamil language. He used to publish in every issue of his magazine Marmik the names of South Indian people who were working in Mumbai and due to which local people were not getting jobs.
Maharashtra's stalwart leader Balasaheb Thackeray was always considered a kingmaker. For many, he was also the cultural identity of Maharashtra. Thackeray, who gave a fiery speech, started his career with RK Laxman in the English newspaper Free Press Journal in 1950.
Maharashtra's stalwart leader Balasaheb Thackeray was always considered a kingmaker. For many, he was also the cultural identity of Maharashtra. Thackeray, who gave a fiery speech, started his career with RK Laxman in the English newspaper Free Press Journal in 1950.
Shift to Hindutva: Say proudly we are Hindus in 1987 with the slogan
Shiv Sena came into existence in 1966. Bal Thackeray said that protecting the interests of the youth of Maharashtra is the most important thing. Bal Thackeray started resorting to violence to form the organization. Gradually, local Dabang youth in every area of Mumbai started joining Shiv Sena. Like a godfather, Bal Thackeray started resolving every dispute.
Gradually, the party's performance in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections was getting better, but the party did not get much success. After this, Thackeray adopted the ideology of hardcore Hindutva with Marathi Manus. In the 80s and 90s, Shiv Sena also got its benefit.
For the first time in the by-elections for Vileparle assembly seat in Mumbai, held in December 1987, the Shiv Sena aggressively campaigned for Hindutva. For the first time, this announcement was made in the election arena. In this election, actors Mithun Chakraborty and Nana Patekar campaigned for Shiv Sena's candidate. After seeking votes in the name of Hindutva in this election, the Election Commission had snatched the right to vote from Thackeray for 6 years.
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