Uddhav Thackeray has declared his faction as the sole Shiv Sena, countering Union home minister Amit Shah’s statement. Thackeray accused the BJP of attempting to dismantle his party and poach its leaders, contrasting this with the Congress, with whom his party fought for decades but was never targeted for destruction. This comes after the Election Commission recognized Eknath Shinde’s group as the official Shiv Sena.