DNA: Maharashtra Crisis -- Meaning of split in Shiv Sena?
Shiv Sena was founded in the year 1966 by Bal Thackeray. At that time the purpose of this party was to give priority to the people of the Marathi community in government jobs and to spread the Marathi language in Maharashtra. It is worth noting that the ideology of Hindutva was adopted by Shiv Sena in the 1980s.
