“If our faction is not recognized…”: Army rebel Deepak Kesarkar

Rebel MLAs of Shiv Sena are staying in a hotel in Guwahati, Assam

Guwahati:

The battle for control of Shiv Sena has come down to who will carry forward the legacy of Bal Thackeray, the party’s founder and father of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde, who has been pointed out by the Mr Thackeray faction as the leader of a group of around 40 rebel MLAs hiding in a hotel in faraway BJP-ruled Assam, has named MLA Deepak Kesarkar as the spokesperson of his new faction. . He has given the name “Shiv Sena Balasaheb”, which means “ideal Shiv Sena as envisioned by Bal Thackeray”.