Eknath Sambhaji Shinde is a Shiv Sena politician and current member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Kopri-Pachpakhadi seat in the Thane district. Starting out as a grassroots Sena worker, Shinde (58) rose on to become the most senior Sena minister in the Uddhav Thackeray government where he handled the urban development portfolio until now.
