Ahead of the state assembly polls, Shiv Sena has decided to appoint 1 lakh shakha pramukhs in villages as well as equal number of women office-bearers in shakhas across the state under their Majha Maharashtra, Bhagava Maharashtra’ (My Maharashtra, Saffron Maharashtra) campaign to expand its base in the Rural Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena Party chief Uddhav Thackeray launched the campaign on July 19 on the occasion of Sena’s foundation day.
“There are approximately 43,000 villages and 28,813 gram panchyats in the state with 2.27 lakh members of gram panchayats. At present, we have one shakha pramukh in each village. Now, the structure of the gram panchyat polls has changed in the last few years. There are average three to six divisions and multiple wards in villages. So, we will be appointing new shakha pramukhs, mahila sanghthaks (head of women wing) and other office-bearers without touching the existing shakha pramukhs for the divisions and wards. We have kept a target to complete the appointments before July 27, which is the birthday of Uddhav ji,” Vishwanath Nerurkar, deputy leader of Sena said to The Indian Express.
