42 SOCIAL SCIENTIST organizational structure that came about then was ad hoc in nature. The subsequent expansion of the organization and what degree of formalization that exists today, came about primarily as a result of the Shiv Sena wanting to reach out, beginning with the municipal elections of 1968, to a larger cross section of the masses and consolidating itself. But the organization was formulated and differentiated only to the extent necessary to promote the stated ends of the Shiv Sena and to further its class interests. It was not the outcome of the impersonal dictates of the inherent dynamism of structures of the kind outlined by the "organizational therorists^ mentioned earlier. {Concluded) 1 S Dcshmukh, personal interview, Bombay, December 1973. 2 Personal interview, Bombay, June 1973. •j Personal interview, Bombay, April 1973. Although the Shiv Sena chief has come out publicly against matka (gambling) and bootlegging, many Shiv Sainiks are associated with these activities. The Colaba shakha is housed next to a local matka den with common entrance. Shiv Sainiks can be seen sitting there. These dens arc utilized by various political parties and the Shiv Sena does the same. Occasionally, as Vinayakrao Bhave of the BliU pointed out, when they attack an underworld den it is because it has been recruited by a rival orgnization (personal interview, Bombay, February 1973). Bal Thackeray once said that he would not mind if the bootleggers and geondas (toughs) were Maharashtrians, but he would not tolerate South Indian goondas. See K K Gangadharan, Sociology of Revivalism^ New Delhi, Kalamkar Prakashan, P 132. 4 Of course, there are certain industrial zones like the Thana-Belapur belt, but migration to the areas surrounding it is low. This industrial belt runs parallel to the villages. On one side of the road there are big factories and on the other side the villages. & Personal interview, Bombay, November 1973. 6 Personal interview, Bombay, March 1973. 7 Personal interview, Thana, December 1973. 8 Many shakhas also wither away once the issues which brought them up recede* Satish Pradhan said that they lacked the machinery to constantly revitalize these shakhas. 9 B S Dhume, Treachery of Bharatiya Kamgar Sena, Bombay, Engineering and Metal Workers' Union. 10 Dhume, personal interview, Bombay, December 1973. 11 P B Waidya, personal interview, Bombay, February 1973. 12 S Pallav, shakha pramukh of Colaba till 1973, personal interview, Bombay, April 1973. ^ Handout of the SLS in the State Bank of India, 24 December 1973. 14 An assistant general manager of BEST said that it was all arranged beforehand. After some slogan shouting and demonstration, the leaders were called in by the general manager. This, however, need not be the rule. 10 Sec K K Gangadharan, op cit. 16 Navalkar, personal interview, Bombay, August 1973. Also see Datta Salve, Rajashrec Vol 9, No 7, Special Issue, August 1972, p 8. 17 The following instance will elucidate the matter. A Sindhi gentleman, who owns a lathe with five machines, wanted to expand his establishment. For this purpose, he requested his tenant to vacate his flat. The tenant, also a non-Maharashtrian^ refused to do so. The Sindhi gentleman took the matter to the shakha pramukh. The shakha pramukh was unable to solve the issue. So he brought it up to the vibhag