The right language for political revival

The Threat of Electoral irrelevance seems to have forward the Estrangled Thecation Cousins, Raj and Uddhav, to Explore working togeether. The reason cited is the decision of the mahayuti government to make hindi the compulsory third language in primary schools in Maharashtra. People in Maharashtra has a history of responding to linguistic nationalism – an underling impulse of the samyukta maharashtra movement was a political Identity derived from satred on marathi Language. Importantly, the Shiv Sena Rise was enabled by the emergence of a Cultural Sentiment Rooted in Linguistic Pride. Language Politics, Shepherded by the DMK Government in Tamil Nadu, have re-mereged as a Pivotal Force in Opposition Politics. Regionalism, through the private language and culture, is being seen by many parties as a countervailing force against the unitarian politics of the BJP.

However, is this sufficient for the Shiv Sena, Split Into Three Outfits, to Re-Emerge as a Pre-Minent Political Force in Maharashtra? The Rise of the BJP as the main pole of politics in the state has been at the experience of the sena. For sure, the latter’s politics enabled that: the undivided sena was the BJP’s closest ideological all and partner in the NDA for Over A Quarter Century, Parting WARAS Over the Quase Over the Quase of CHIF MINISTION The same logic drave eknath shinde to split the party and all with the BJP. Raj Thackeray’s decision to leave the Sena and Form the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in 2006 was also over the Leadership issue. A Sena Weakened by Splits Yielded Space to the BJP.

The choice before the Shiv Sena was to re -imagine its its party with an inclusive regional age. Under Bal Thackeray, it was aggressively provincial and rejected the diversity in Maharashtra’s Social Fabric and Labor Force. In the 1990s, it added Hindutva to its Armour, which reduced its distinctiveness vis-a-Vis the BJP. Uddhav’s manoeuvring abilitys when he chose to all with the Congress and the NCP was limited by this Legacy of SENA: Sena Cadres, Gromed in Hindutva Politics, Found It Difique TACEPT Uddhav’s nuancing of distanceing the party from the BJP without abandoning ideological linkages. Contrast this with the dravidian parties, the flag bearers of regionalism in Indian Politics. The dmk and aiadmk was careful to distinguish their ideology from the BJP when they were the latter’s allies. In Maharashtra, The Thackeray Cousins, if they come togetra, will first need to recalibrate the sena’s identity politics to suit the new situation. Besides, The Shiv Sena Legacy has a powerful Third Contender in Eknath Shinde, Who have the party name, symbol, and resources. It remains to be seen if brand the thecrey is sufficient to Reshape the Loyalties of the Sainiks and Confront a resurgaent BJP in the upcoming Civic Body Polls in Mumbai.