{"id":86,"date":"2026-07-06T10:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insight24.online\/?p=86"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:21:49","slug":"for-much-of-his-politics-after-2019-which-marked-his-break-with-the-bjp-shiv-sena-ubt-chief-uddhav-thackeray-rarely-placed-hindutva-at-the-centre-of-his-campaign-on-sunday-that-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insight24.online\/hi\/for-much-of-his-politics-after-2019-which-marked-his-break-with-the-bjp-shiv-sena-ubt-chief-uddhav-thackeray-rarely-placed-hindutva-at-the-centre-of-his-campaign-on-sunday-that-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"For much of his politics after 2019, which marked his break with the BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray rarely placed Hindutva at the centre of his campaign. On Sunday, that changed."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Standing outside Dadar\u2019s Hanuman temple, Uddhav launched the Shiv Sena (UBT)\u2019s Rama Raksha Andolan, invoked the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, recalled Bal Thackeray\u2019s role in it, and accused those handling donations at the Ayodhya Ram temple of betraying devotees\u2019 faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The immediate trigger was the alleged irregularities in the handling of donations at the Ram temple. Politically, however, the campaign appeared to signal something larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than two weeks after six of his nine Lok Sabha MPs crossed over to the\u00a0Eknath Shinde<\/a>-led Shiv Sena, and days after senior\u00a0Mumba<\/a>i\u00a0leader Sachin Ahir switched sides, Uddhav has sought to shift the political chatter away from defections and back to ideology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the MPs\u2019 rebellion, Uddhav toured their constituencies to reassure party workers. Sunday\u2019s programme was the party\u2019s first major statewide political campaign since those setbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Standing outside Dadar\u2019s Hanuman temple, Uddhav launched the Shiv Sena (UBT)\u2019s Rama Raksha Andolan, invoked the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, recalled Bal Thackeray\u2019s role in it, and accused those handling donations at the Ayodhya Ram temple of betraying devotees\u2019 faith. The immediate trigger was the alleged irregularities in the handling of donations at the Ram temple….<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t