India, Feb. 21 -- In a move signalling internal discord within the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), Vidarbha-based leader and farmer rights' advocate Kishore Tiwari has been removed as the party spokesperson.

The decision was communicated to Tiwari, former chairman of the Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavlamban Mission (VNSSM), on Wednesday night, shortly after his interview with a Marathi news channel.

In the interview, Tiwari, who joined Shiv Sena (UBT) in 2019 after leaving the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accused senior leaders Sanjay Raut, Vinayak Raut, Arvind Sawant, and Milind Narvekar, Uddhav Thackeray's personal assistant, of weakening the party by favouring undeserving politicians in exchange of monetary gains. They had virtuall...