Aaditya Thackeray is the son of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bal Thackeray) leader Uddhav Thackeray. Aaditya is the first Thackeray to enter into electoral politics.
He has served as a Cabinet Minister of Higher Education, Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment for the Government of Maharashtra.
He is also an MLA of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Worli, Mumbai. He won by a margin of 62,247 votes in assembly elections 2019.
Despite the Shiv Sena (UBT) victory, the Worli assembly segment saw a significant drop in lead during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, with party candidate Arvind Sawant leading by just 6,715 votes, the lowest in four of the six assembly constituencies under Mumbai South where he dominated his Shiv Sena challenger.