: All eyes on Mumbai as Dussehra rallies of Sena factions in city today #IndiaNEWS #India Mumbai: For the first time since the Shiv Senas inception 56 years ago, two Dussehra rallies will be held in

All eyes on Mumbai as Dussehra rallies of Sena factions in city today #IndiaNEWS #India
Mumbai: For the first time since the Shiv Senas inception 56 years ago, two Dussehra rallies will be held in Mumbai on Wednesday evening by the partys rival factions led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray in what is being billed as a show of strength by both camps after a change in government in June.
Anticipating huge turnouts at the rallies of the Sena factions, the Mumbai Police have tightened security at the Shivaji Park and Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), an official said on Tuesday.
More than 5,000 buses, a number of small tourist vehicles and cars, and a special train have been roped in to ferry supporters of the two rival Shiv Sena factions for their respective Dussehra rallies, sources said.
The rallies have generated intense interest in political circles and also among common citizens and there will be more than just speeches by the two friends-turned-foes as the rival factions seek to present themselves as the real Shiv Sena and try to claim the legacy of the party founder late Bal Thackeray.
While the Uddhav Thackeray faction will hold its rally at the historic Shivaji Park in Dadar in central Mumbai, a venue associated with the Shiv Sena since its inception in 1966, the rebel group led by Shinde has organised their event at the MMRDA ground at BKC in the suburbs.
The sprawling MMRDA ground is located close to Matoshree, the private residence of the Thackeray family in Bandra.
Both the camps have claimed they are taking forward the ideals of Bal Thackeray, who was known to make fiery speeches at the Dussehra rallies at Shivaji Park year after year till his death in 2012.
Since then, his son Uddhav Thackeray, a former CM who lost power in June following rebellion by his once trusted aide Shinde, had been addressing the annual event.
The Dussehra rally is being held at the Shivaji Park after a gap of two years due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Both sides have claimed their rallies will be a grand success with top leaders giving last minute touches to the preparations for the mega shows. On the ground, the areas in and around the two venues are awashed in saffron flags and banners.
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray is expected to launch attacks on the Shinde faction and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), his former ally which is now part of the government in the state.
In his address, the chief minister is likely to target Uddhav Thackeray for deviating from the path of Hindutva and joining hands with his once rivals Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in November 2019.
Rebellion by Shinde against Uddhav Thackerays leadership brought down the MVA government in June this year.

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