{
  "id": 15778914,
  "title": "Uddhav Thackeray Calls For Regime Change At Shiv Sena UBT Dussehra Rally, Targets BJP Over Vote Theft And Protests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/uddhav-thackeray-calls-for-regime-change-at-shiv-sena-ubt-dussehra",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T17:16:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/uddhav-thackeray-calls-for-regime-change-at-shiv-sena-ubt-dussehra-rally-targets-bjp-over-vote-theft-and-protests"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Uddhav Thackeray, the chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT) party, recently called for regime change at a Dussehra rally in Mumbai. He urged the youth to take to the streets, claiming that no one was listening to their grievances. Thackeray accused the past 12 years of the ruling party of \"looting democracy\" by deleting over 130 million names from electoral rolls. He demanded justice for these actions and questioned why the government was not held accountable.\n\nThe Shiv Sena leader also took a dig at the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, comparing him to the demon king Ravan. He argued that the government had surrounded him with a large force to protect him, symbolically stating that Gyanesh Kumar's life was in their hands. Thackeray criticized Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for labeling protestors as \"urban naxals\" and questioned the Mumbai Police for their handling of the attack on Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff. He also challenged Fadnavis to bring gangster Lawrence Bishnoi from jail to Mumbai, claiming that the government was trying to remove certain books related to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Jyotiba Phule from university curricula.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday admitted that his party was supporting the anti-government protests with an intention to change the regime. He argued that the gen Z had to hit the streets because there was no one who could listen to their grievances. 'Yes, We Want Regime Change' \"Yes, we are here to change the regime,\" said Thackeray while addressing the workers at the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena Appoints Former MP Anand Paranjape As Spokesperson",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/maharashtra-eknath-shinde-led-shiv-sena-appoints-former-mp-anand",
        "published": "2026-10-20T09:26:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}