Uddhav appointed head of Bal Thackeray memorial belief

The Maharashtra authorities has reconstituted the Balasaheb Thackeray National Memorial Public Trust, appointing Shiv Sena (UBT) head and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as its chairman.

The memorial of Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray is being constructed on the mayor’s bungalow website at Shivaji Park in Mumbai’s Dadar space.

The authorities issued a notification on Saturday (November 15) appointing Bal Thackeray’s son Uddhav Thackeray, together with 4 different members, to the belief, which is overseeing the memorial’s development.

According to the Government Resolution (GR) issued by the General Administration Department, former Minister Subhash Desai has been appointed as secretary of the belief, whereas Uddhav Thackeray’s Aaditya Thackeray, who’s an MLA and former Minister, has been named as a member.

The belief will even have MLA Parag Alvani and former legislator Shishir Shinde as members.

Five ex officio members will even be a part of the belief – the chief secretary of Maharashtra, principal secretary (city development-II), principal secretary (regulation and judiciary), Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner, and two seats reserved for members to be elected from the overall physique.

The tenure of the chairman and members, Subhash Desai and Aaditya Thackeray, will probably be for 5 years, whereas Alvani and Shinde will serve for 3 years.

The authorities has additionally authorised Desai to register the modifications within the belief’s composition with the Charity Commissioner beneath the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950, and the Co-operative Societies Registration Act, 1960.

The public belief was initially established by means of a GR on September 27, 2016, with Uddhav Thackeray as chairman. He resigned from the submit on November 25, 2019, after the preliminary three-year time period of the belief members additionally expired, necessitating contemporary appointments.

Later, Aaditya Thackeray was appointed because the chairman of the belief.

The five-year time period of the belief members, together with Aaditya Thackeray as chairman (besides ex officio members), ended on March 11, 2025.