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Aaditya Uddhav Thackeray (born 13 June 1990) is the son of Uddhav Thackeray, leader and chairperson of the Shiv Sena, and grandson of Bal Thackeray.[1] He is currently the President of Yuva Sena, a youth wing of Shiv Sena.

Aaditya established the Yuva Sena on 17 October 2010 and it has units across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir

Work[edit source] His first book of poems, 'My Thoughts in White and Black', was published in 2007. The following year, he turned lyricist and released a private album Ummeed, for which he wrote all the eight songs.[2] He was involved in or initiated a book burning agitation against inclusion of Rohinton Mistry's book 'Such a Long Journey' in Mumbai University's reading list in 2010.[3][4]

Aaditya Thackeray has proposed revival of Mumbai nightlife by allowing malls and restaurants to be open all night.[5] Most recently, the scion of the Shiv Sena party was involved in a series of open letters with journalist Rajdeep Sardesai [6] justifying the ink attack by the Shiv Sena on journalist Sudheendra Kulkarni. [7]