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President, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

Uddhav Thackeray

President of the Shiv Sena (UBT) since October 2022 and Chief Minister of Maharashtra from November 2019 to June 2022. His Legislative Council term ended in May 2026 and he did not seek another. He declared ten pending cases, most of them private complaints, and no convictions in his 2020 affidavit.

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Party
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) (SS-UBT)
Born
27 July 1960, Bombay (now Mumbai)
Education (declared)
Diploma, Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai (1982)
In current post since
11 October 2022
Seat
None (Legislative Council member, May 2020 to May 2026)

Uddhav Thackeray is the youngest son of Bal Thackeray, the founder of the Shiv Sena. He studied at the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art in Mumbai with photography as his main subject. He was made the party's working president in 2003 and took over as its chief in 2013, after his father's death.

Chief Minister

After the 2019 Assembly election the Shiv Sena parted ways with the BJP and formed the Maha Vikas Aghadi government with the NCP and the Congress. Thackeray, who had never held elected office, was sworn in as Chief Minister on 28 November 2019 and was elected to the Legislative Council by MLAs in May 2020.

In June 2022 Eknath Shinde led most of the party's MLAs into rebellion. Thackeray resigned on 29 June, before a floor test, and Shinde became Chief Minister with BJP support the next day. In May 2023 the Supreme Court said the Governor and the Speaker had acted illegally in parts of the crisis, but it could not restore his government because he had stepped down.

The party after the split

The Election Commission gave the Shiv Sena name and the bow-and-arrow symbol to Shinde's faction in February 2023. Thackeray's group became the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), which won 9 Lok Sabha seats in 2024 as part of the INDIA bloc but only 20 of 288 Assembly seats later that year, when the BJP-led Mahayuti swept the state.

His Council term ended on 13 May 2026. His son Aaditya Thackeray announced in April that the party would field Ambadas Danve for the seat, so Uddhav Thackeray no longer sits in either house of the legislature.

Cases

His 2020 affidavit listed ten pending cases. Most are private complaints, several of them for defamation. None had led to a conviction.

Career at a glance

  1. 2003Shiv Sena working president
  2. Jan 2013Becomes Shiv Sena chief after Bal Thackeray's death
  3. Nov 2019Sworn in as Chief Minister on 28 November, heading the Maha Vikas Aghadi of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress
  4. May 2020Elected to the Legislative Council by MLAs
  5. Jun 2022Resigns on 29 June ahead of a floor test after Eknath Shinde's rebellion
  6. Oct 2022Becomes president of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
  7. Feb 2023Election Commission gives the Shiv Sena name and bow-and-arrow symbol to Shinde's faction
  8. May 2026Council term ends; the party fields Ambadas Danve instead of him

Cases and allegations

An allegation, FIR or chargesheet is not proof of guilt. Only a court can convict, and convictions can be overturned on appeal. Status is as last checked on 2 Nov 2026.

Shiv Sena name and symbolAppeal filed in Supreme Court

On 17 February 2023 the Election Commission recognised Eknath Shinde's faction as the Shiv Sena and gave it the party's name and symbol. Thackeray challenged the decision in the Supreme Court. We have not found a final ruling. Source

Supreme Court ruling on the 2022 crisisDecided, May 2023

On 11 May 2023 the Supreme Court held that the Governor and the Speaker had acted illegally in parts of the 2022 crisis, but said it could not restore his government because he had resigned before the floor test. Source

Ten complaints in 2020 affidavitPending

They include defamation complaints in Kalyan, Pandharpur and Bandra, a 2014 case in Bettiah, Bihar, under IPC 153A and 153B, and a 2005 Dadar police case in which, his affidavit says, the investigating officer dropped his name from the chargesheet. We have not found later status reports for most of them. Source

The record card

Facts only, each from a public record. This is not a rating. Affidavit figures are the leader's own sworn declarations at the time of filing.

Declared criminal cases10Legislative Council affidavit, 2020; all pending, mostly private complaints including several for defamationSource
ConvictionsNone declared2020 affidavitSource
Declared assetsRs 143.27 crore2020; liabilities of Rs 15.50 croreSource
Shiv Sena (UBT) in 2024 Assembly election20 of 288 seats9.96% of the voteSource
Shiv Sena (UBT) in 2024 Lok Sabha election9 of 21 seats contested16.52% of the vote in MaharashtraSource

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Sources

  1. Legislative Council affidavit, Maharashtra 2020 (ADR MyNeta archive)
  2. Free Press Journal, Shiv Sena (UBT) names Ambadas Danve for council seat, Uddhav Thackeray opts out (29 Apr 2026)
  3. Wikipedia, Shiv Sena (UBT) (election results, ECI ruling)
  4. Wikipedia, 2022 Shiv Sena split (Supreme Court ruling)
  5. Wikipedia, Uddhav Thackeray (career dates)

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