Eknath Shinde, other Shiv Sena leaders to visit Mahakumbh, take holy dip at Sangam on Feb 19

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with all Shiv Sena MPs and MLAs, will visit Prayagraj on February 19 to take a holy dip at the Kumbh Mela. This move is seen as an assertion of Hindutva politics, as Shinde’s faction aims to challenge Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena on ideological grounds.

The Kumbh visit comes amid a larger strategy by the Shinde-led Shiv Sena to reinforce its Hindutva credentials



ahead of upcoming political battles.

Meanwhile, after the grand success of the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj, the Maharashtra government has begun early preparations to make the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh 2027 a grand and divine event.

In this regard, Shinde, along with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, attended a high-level meeting to discuss plans for the upcoming Kumbh.