India, May 11 -- In a major organisational push ahead of the upcoming Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is set to launch a large-scale statewide outreach campaign aimed at strengthening its grassroots network and addressing concerns of party workers across Maharashtra.

The initiative, titled the "Shiv Sena Karyakarta Samvad Tour", will be spearheaded by MP Shrikant Shinde, who will travel across 22 districts and nearly 100 assembly constituencies between May 16 and July 15 in three phases. The tour will cover north Maharashtra, Vidarbha, parts of Marathwada, and the Thane-Palghar belt, regions where local body elections are expected in the coming months.

Party leaders said the programme is ai...