Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

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The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS; lit. 'Maharashtra Reformation Army') is an Indian far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindutva political party. It was founded on 9 March 2006 in Mumbai by Raj Thackeray after he left the Shiv Sena party due to differences with his cousin Uddhav Thackeray, who later became the 19th Chief Minister Of Maharashtra and to his sidelining by the Shiv Sena in major decisions like distribution of election tickets. MNS won 13 assembly seats (out of 288) in the 2009 assembly elections, which was the first Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election that the party contested. In the elections of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 2019, MNS won 1 seat. In January 2020, MNS unveiled a new flag, however the symbol on the flag was not used for elections.

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