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Last month, the Election Commission recognised the Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and allocated the name and the poll symbol to it. New Delhi:  Shiv Sena, led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has sacked Sanjay Raut as the leader of its parliamentary party and appointed Lok Sabha MP Gajanan Kirtikar as his successor. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Mr Shinde, who is chief leader of the Shiv Sena, said Mr Kirtikar has been appointed as the leader of the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party. Shiv Sena leaders on Thursday felicitated Mr Kirtikar at the parliamentary party office located on the third floor of the Parliament building. Of the 18 Shiv Sena members in the Lok Sabha, four have their loyalties with Uddhav Thackeray, who lost control of the party to Mr Shinde. Eknath Shinde had split the Shiv Sena last year accusing Thackeray of compromising with the core ideals of the party and joining hands with arch rivals ...

 In Mumbai, a FIR has been filed against Sanjay Raut for allegedly threatening Swapna Patkar, wife of close Shiv Sena ally Sujit Patkar. In Mumbai, a FIR has been filed against Sanjay Raut for allegedly threatening Swapna Patkar, wife of close Shiv Sena ally Sujit Patkar. Sections 504,506 and 509 of the IPC were used to record the complaint at the Vakola police station. Raut is purportedly heard threatening Swapna in a viral audio recording of her. Notably, Swapna Patkar is a witness in the Patra Chawl land case, which led to the arrest of Raut on Sunday by the Enforcement Directorate following many hours of raids at his home. Sunil Raut, the brother of Sanjay Raut, stated earlier on Sunday that his brother had been taken into custody. He will appear in court on Monday, according to Sunil. “Sanjay Raut was taken into custody. He was detained because the BJP is terrified of him. They have not provided any documentation to us (regarding his arrest). He’s been set up. Tomorrow at 11.3...