Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde named as the new Shiv Sena president at the party's national executive meeting in Mumbai.
It was the first national executive meeting after the Election Commission of India (ECI) recognised his faction as the real Shiv Sena and allocated the ‘bow and arrow' symbol to him.
Former Maharashtra governor Koshyari had invited Shinde to take oath as the chief minister on June 30 last year with the support of rebel MLAs of Shiv Sena and BJP.