Aaditya Thackeray

Abstract

Aaditya Thackeray, 30, grandson of the founder of the Shiv Sena, the Mumbai-based Hindu nationalist party, has been active in politics for just over a decade. He heads the Shiv Sena’s youth wing and is a minister in Maharashtra’s current state government. Aaditya advocates for a more open and welcoming Mumbai without renouncing the party’s adherence to nationalism, supporting children of the soil policies, and a Hindutva, which speaks up for Hindus but is not against any religion.