Mumbai:
Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray is set to begin a tour of Maharashtra to interact with party activists after the mourning period for party founder Bal Thackeray is over, a party official said today.
Mr Thackeray's tour will start on December 3 in western Maharashtra's Kolhapur, where he will meet party workers and elected representatives from local bodies to Parliament.
Similar meetings for various regions shall be held on December 5 in Nashik, December 7 in Ratnagiri, December 14 in Nagpur and December 16 in Aurangabad.
During those five days, Mr Thackeray will meet activists from all the 35 districts of the state, besides workers of the Yuva Sena, headed by his son Aditya, and other party organisations.
Most of these meetings are scheduled as closed-door interactions, which will be attended by top party functionaries, such as Subhash Desai, Manohar Joshi, Liladhar Dake, Gajanand Kirtikar, Ramdas Kadam, Diwakar Raote and Sanjay Raut.
This will be Mr Thackeray's first independent attempt to reach out and strengthen his rapport with the Sena's rank and file after the death of his father on November 17.
Bal Thackeray, who founded the Sena and made it a formidable force in Maharashtra politics, died after prolonged lung and pancreatic ailments. Lakhs of people came out on Mumbai's streets for his cremation on November 18.
Mr Thackeray's tour will start on December 3 in western Maharashtra's Kolhapur, where he will meet party workers and elected representatives from local bodies to Parliament.
Similar meetings for various regions shall be held on December 5 in Nashik, December 7 in Ratnagiri, December 14 in Nagpur and December 16 in Aurangabad.
During those five days, Mr Thackeray will meet activists from all the 35 districts of the state, besides workers of the Yuva Sena, headed by his son Aditya, and other party organisations.
Most of these meetings are scheduled as closed-door interactions, which will be attended by top party functionaries, such as Subhash Desai, Manohar Joshi, Liladhar Dake, Gajanand Kirtikar, Ramdas Kadam, Diwakar Raote and Sanjay Raut.
This will be Mr Thackeray's first independent attempt to reach out and strengthen his rapport with the Sena's rank and file after the death of his father on November 17.
Bal Thackeray, who founded the Sena and made it a formidable force in Maharashtra politics, died after prolonged lung and pancreatic ailments. Lakhs of people came out on Mumbai's streets for his cremation on November 18.
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