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Shiv Sena (UBT)

Furthest from the middle on Federalism, toward States.

Where they stand

Shiv Sena (UBT) on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.

  • Welfare

    −5.0
    Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision
  • Markets

    −3.0
    State-led developmentMarket-led development
  • Formal equalityGroup remedies
  • Nation

    +3.0
    PluralistMajoritarian
  • Civil libertiesStrong state
  • Personal autonomyTraditional norms
  • CentreStates

The record, axis by axis

Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.

  1. Welfare

    −5.0
    Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision

    Placement confidencemedium

    The MVA government ran the ₹2 lakh Mahatma Phule farm-loan waiver and COVID-era relief, on a Marathi working-class base with union roots in the Bharatiya Kamgar Sena

  2. Markets

    −3.0
    State-led developmentMarket-led development

    Placement confidencelow

    Paused the bullet train and the Aarey metro shed, scrapped the Nanar refinery, and demands 80% local hiring — against deep ties to Mumbai's builder economy

  3. Formal equalityGroup remedies

    Placement confidencelow

    Backs the Maratha reservation demand and, since joining the INDIA bloc, the caste census — from a party that opposed Mandal in 1990

  4. Nation

    +3.0
    PluralistMajoritarian

    Placement confidencelow

    Still calls itself Hindutva-vadi and celebrated Babri, but since 2019 has opposed CAA-NRC in practice, defended the Places of Worship Act and attacked 'Hindutva for votes'

  5. Civil libertiesStrong state

    Placement confidencelow

    Its leaders were the targets of PMLA and agency action, which it now opposes — from a party built on street enforcement

  6. Personal autonomyTraditional norms

    Placement confidencemedium

    The historical moral-policing party on Valentine's Day, dance bars and Pakistani artists, cut against by Aaditya Thackeray's Mumbai 24x7 nightlife push

  7. CentreStates

    Placement confidencemedium

    'Maharashtra's rights' over projects shifted to Gujarat, the Belgaum border and Marathi-language cause, opposition to ONOE and to agency action against state leaders

And where do you stand?

Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.

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