Shiv Sena appoints six city chiefs for Nagpur's six Assembly constituencies

The Shiv Sena, led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has taken a step to strengthen its organisational base in Nagpur city. Six city chiefs (shaharpramukh) have been appointed to look after the party's work in the city's six Assembly constituencies.

At a meeting at Ravi Bhavan on Wednesday (November 11), appointment letters were handed to the new office-bearers by senior party leader Sanjay Nirupam and Kiran Pandav, contact chief for the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency. Minister of State Ashish Jaiswal and Kiran Pandav, the party's Vidarbha organisational chief, were present. The party's forthcoming organisational expansion was also discussed at the meeting.

The appointees are Sumukh Mishra, Ravinish Pandey, Raju Tumsare, Sunil Banerjee, Vishal Kodke and Vikas Ambhore. Each has been given charge of a different Assembly constituency.

Sumukh Mishra has been given the additional charge of city chief for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's South-West Nagpur Assembly constituency. Mishra is already working as the Shiv Sena's Nagpur city coordinator.

The appointments are meant to strengthen the party's network down to the shakha and prabhag levels, improve coordination among local office-bearers and speed up organisational work. The party plans to run the third phase of its organisational expansion until January 2027. Through these appointments, the Shiv Sena wants to tighten its organisational hold in Nagpur city.