Kunabi Sena

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Kunabi Sena is a political party in based in Thane District in the Mid-North Konkan or Maharashtra Konkan in Maharashtra state.

The Kunabi Sena advocates for the interests of the Kunabi community, a developing caste. It is allied with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), with whom they have coordinated peasant struggles for land and water rights.<ref>The Hindu: Magazine / Issues: How the other half lives</ref> Together with CPI(M) they have protested constructions of GAIL's gas pipeline through Thane.<ref>The Hindu: National: Thane farmers oppose GAIL pipeline through their land</ref>

The party has also demanded the formation of a Konkan state, consisting of the Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The founding president of the Kunabi Sena is Vishwanath Patil.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The party is now part of the ruling alliance of Thane District Zilla Parishad (County government) in an alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena; these latter two represent hardline Maharashtrian interests and are opposed to a separate Konkan State.Template:Citation needed