Ahead of Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray’s much-anticipated address in Aurangabad city on June 8, the Shiv Sena is sparing no effort to turn the rally into a show of strength for the party.
As the State’s major political parties gear up for the critical civic polls to 14 municipal corporations, Mr. Thackeray’s address on Wednesday is being seen as the opening salvo of the Shiv Sena’s campaign.
According to sources, Mr. Thackeray may even announce the official renaming of Aurangabad to ‘Sambhajinagar’ on the occasion, as a fitting reply to the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s frequent accusations of the Sena dithering over the name change ever since its ideologically opposed alliance with the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress.
