Opinion | Clash of Two Shiv Senas in Mumbai: A Fight for Heartland, Hindutva, Heritage and Hegemony

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray (R).

As Mumbai gears up for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the city’s political drama unfolds with a Shakespearean twist: A party divided against itself. The Shiv Sena, once a monolith of regional pride, now stands fractured, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction (UBT) and the faction helmed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde locked in a fraternal struggle for founder Balasaheb Thackeray’s legacy.  This contest faces its first public test this Lok Sabha election, and its most