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Aaditya Thackeray calls the Shiv Sena split "Operation Devendra Fadnavis" — framing a rival's rebellion as a top-down political conspiracy, not a grassroots revolt.
Elite TheoryPrincipal-Agent ProblemConspiracy FramingPolitical Defection Theory
Theory Briefing
- Aaditya Thackeray publicly named the Sena split 'Operation Devendra Fadnavis,' directly accusing a rival of orchestrating Eknath Shinde's rebellion.
- Shinde's camp dismissed the framing as a conspiracy theory, setting up two competing narratives about who really controls the breakaway faction.
- The split raises a classic question in political defection: was Shinde acting on personal ambition or as an instrument of outside forces?