Rashmi Thackeray, wife of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, replaced him as the editor of the Shiv Sena’s official mouth-piece “Saamana”, a Marathi daily newspaper, on Sunday.
The change in guard in “Saamana” set-up was expected as Uddhav had quit as the editor of the party’s official mouth-piece after taking over as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra three months ago.
Uddhav Thackeray had taken over as the Editor of “Saamana” after the death of Shiv Sena chief and his father Bal Thackeray on November 18, 2012. After having been its editor for eight years, Uddhav resigned as the editor of Saamana , before taking the oath as the Chief Minister on November 28, 2019. So much so that Uddhav’s name had disappeared from the print line of the
newspaper.
In a public notice issued in the newspaper by publisher of “Saamana” Madhukar Bhagwat under the Regulations of Newspapers on Sunday, Rashmi Thackeray was named as the Editor of the Sena’s official mouth-piece.
“Saamana” began its publication on January 23, 1988, with late Thackeray as its founding editor. 'Dopahar Ka Saamana', a Hindi afternoon edition of “Saamana” was launched by the Shiv Sena on February 23, 1993.
In her capacity as the editor of “Saamana”, Rashmi Thackeray will also be the Editor of 'Dopahar Ka Saamana'.
Rashmi’s position of the editor of “Saamana” is more of a titular nature as the Thackeray family’s close confidante Sanjay Raut and Rajya Sabha Member will continue to be its executive editor and will pen editorials and write weekly columns in the Marathi newspaper.