NEW DELHI, 4 saal pehle Shiv Sena ka historic split hua tha—ek faction Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena-UBT) ke lead mein aur doosra Eknath Shinde ke lead mein. Lekin ab donon factions ek ho jaane ki taraf dekh rahe hain! Sabse badi vajah hai Maharashtra mein BJP ka badhta political dominance. Donon factions ke leaders ne khul ke kaha hai ki BJP ki growing influence Shiv Sena ke liye hi nahi, balki NCP jaise regional allies ke liye bhi existential threat ban rahi hai. Isliye, donon groups ko apne differences bhula kar ek ho jaana chahiye!
Media se baat karte hue, Sena-UBT ke leader Ambadas Danve aur Shiv Sena ke senior leader Abdul Sattar ne reunification ka support diya. Unhone kaha ki BJP ki strategy hai chhote regional parties ko absorb karna, jisse Shiv Sena jaise parties ka survival khatre mein pad raha hai. Danve, Thackeray faction ke prominent leader, ne kaha ki BJP Shiv Sena ko sirf political rival nahi, balki "enemy" samajhti hai aur woh actively donon factions ko kamjor karne mein laga hui hai. "Bada machhli chhota machhli ko khati hai. BJP bhi wahi kar rahi hai NCP aur Shiv Sena ke saath," Danve ne PTI ko quote karte hue kaha. Unhone further argument diya ki 2022 mein jo log undivided Shiv Sena se alag hue the, woh ab is strategic threat ko samajh len. "BJP ka target hai Shiv Sena ko khatam karna kyunki woh party ko enemy samajhti hai, sirf opponent nahi," unhone kaha.
Abdul Sattar, Shinde faction ke senior leader, ne bhi Danve ke concerns ko support kiya aur kaha ki reunification ka time ab hi hai. "Yeh hi time hai ek ho jaane ka," Sattar ne assertively kaha. Unhone yeh bhi clear kiya ki agar Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reunification ka support karte hain, toh process without delay ho sakti hai. "Agar Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde keh dein ki donon parties ko ek ho jaana chahiye, toh implementation mein koi delay nahi hoga," Sattar ne kaha. Unke remarks ka weight isliye bhi hai kyunki Shinde 2022 ke split ke central figure the aur ab woh BJP ke saath coalition government mein Deputy Chief Minister hain.
Reunification ki push tab aa rahi hai jab Maharashtra ke key regions mein BJP ki badhti influence ke signs nazar aa rahe hain. Donon factions ke leaders ne Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly Aurangabad) ke badalte political landscape ki taraf ishaara kiya. Ek time Shiv Sena ka stronghold raha yeh area ab BJP ke control mein hai—Aurangabad Municipal Corporation aur Zilla Parishad donon BJP ke lead mein hain. Danve ne is area mein Shiv Sena ke traditional voter base ke erosion ko highlight kiya, yeh note karte hue ki party ne last 25-30 saal se yeh seats contest ki hain. Upcoming Aurangabad-Jalna local bodies constituency election is badlav ka symbol ban gaya hai, jismein BJP apna candidate field kar rahi hai—yeh is baat ka indication hai ki alliance dynamics BJP ke favor mein shift ho rahe hain.
Sattar ne West Bengal ke situation se bhi comparison draw kiya, jahan BJP ne Trinamool Congress (TMC) ko kamjor kar diya hai, jo state ki ruling party hai aur Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ke lead mein hai. "Lekin Shiv Sena kabhi Mamata Banerjee ki fate ka shikaar nahi hoga kyunki uske leader Shinde jaise hain," Sattar ne kaha. Unke comments se yeh feel aata hai ki ek unified Shiv Sena strong leadership ke tahat BJP ke encroachment ko better resist kar sakti hai.
Agar Shiv Sena ke do dhadey ek ho jaate hain, toh Maharashtra ki politics mein ek bada political turnaround aa sakta hai. 2022 ka split ek dramatic event tha, jismein Uddhav Thackeray aur Eknath Shinde ke beech ka bitter feud dekhne ko mila, jismein party ke andar rebellion hui aur BJP ke saath realignment hua. Ab jo signals of rapprochement dikh rahe hain, woh is baat ki taraf indicate karte hain ki past ke ideological aur personal rifts ab ek more pressing threat—BJP ki state mein power consolidation—ke samne fade ho rahe hain.
Leaders ke statements reunification explore karne ki willingness dikha rahe hain, lekin forward path uncertain hai. Final decision Eknath Shinde ke haath mein hai, jinka support kisi bhi merger ke liye crucial mana ja raha hai. Political observers ka kehna hai ki aisa move na sirf state ki politics ko reshape karega, balki regional parties ki resilience ka strong message bhi dega national-level dominance ke samne.
