<p>The Hotel RangSharda in Bandra, the 'Queen of Suburbs' of Mumbai, has once again become a focal point of Maharashtra politics.</p>.<p>In the last over two decades, this three-star hotel off the Bandra Reclamation had witnessed several episodes of Maharastra politics, particularly involving the BJP and Shiv Sena. </p>.<p>It was back in news again when Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray shifted the MLAs of his party to the hotel amid fears of poaching.</p>.<p>The hotel hall, which has a capacity of nearly 800-seat, had been a venue of several important meetings including those addressed by late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.</p>.<p>Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani stayed in the hotel when BJP held its silver jubilee convention in December, 2005, months after the BJP-led NDA was voted out of power. The convention was held at the Bandra Reclamation and to mark the occasion a rally was held in Shivaji Park, where the statesman-politician Vajpayee announced his retirement from active politics.</p>.<p>The first convention of BJP was held in the Bandra Reclamation in 1980 but the hotel was not there. The hotel came up in 1982.</p>.<p>"The hotel has seen several historical meets and events. The history of BJP-Shiv Sena is not complete without it," says veteran political analyst Prakash Akolkar, who has closely followed the Sena-BJP relations in last three decades.</p>.<p>"Several meetings of Sena had been held here that had been addressed by Balasaheb," says veteran journalist Yogesh Trivedi.</p>.<p>The hotel has also seen one-on-one meetings between Thackeray Sr and late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, the architects of saffron alliance.</p>
<p>The Hotel RangSharda in Bandra, the 'Queen of Suburbs' of Mumbai, has once again become a focal point of Maharashtra politics.</p>.<p>In the last over two decades, this three-star hotel off the Bandra Reclamation had witnessed several episodes of Maharastra politics, particularly involving the BJP and Shiv Sena. </p>.<p>It was back in news again when Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray shifted the MLAs of his party to the hotel amid fears of poaching.</p>.<p>The hotel hall, which has a capacity of nearly 800-seat, had been a venue of several important meetings including those addressed by late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.</p>.<p>Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani stayed in the hotel when BJP held its silver jubilee convention in December, 2005, months after the BJP-led NDA was voted out of power. The convention was held at the Bandra Reclamation and to mark the occasion a rally was held in Shivaji Park, where the statesman-politician Vajpayee announced his retirement from active politics.</p>.<p>The first convention of BJP was held in the Bandra Reclamation in 1980 but the hotel was not there. The hotel came up in 1982.</p>.<p>"The hotel has seen several historical meets and events. The history of BJP-Shiv Sena is not complete without it," says veteran political analyst Prakash Akolkar, who has closely followed the Sena-BJP relations in last three decades.</p>.<p>"Several meetings of Sena had been held here that had been addressed by Balasaheb," says veteran journalist Yogesh Trivedi.</p>.<p>The hotel has also seen one-on-one meetings between Thackeray Sr and late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, the architects of saffron alliance.</p>
