Maharashtra Political Crisis: As the four-day-old political crisis caused by the rebellion of a group of Shiv Sena MLAs, led by cabinet minister Eknath Shinde, showed no sign of moving towards a resolution, Thackeray stepped in and said that the People wanting to leave can do so and interacted directly with Shiv Sainiks and mid-level functionaries, and also met NCP president Sharad Pawar, whose party is the second largest constituent in the ruling MVA alliance.
‘There was a doubt on this… we were stabbed in the back by our own people’: Uddhav Thackeray
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that he “suspected” the rebellion and revealed that Eknath Shinde, who had turned rebel, had raised the issue with legislators who wanted to ally with the BJP.
Shiv Sena will send notices to the rebels; Demand for disqualification of four more MLAs
A senior leader said the Shiv Sena has sent the names of four more rebel MLAs to the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly to initiate disqualification proceedings against them. The party will also issue notices to 16 MLAs of the rebel faction and seek their answers by Monday.
Important meeting of Shiv Sena today
Shiv Sena has called a meeting of its national executive at Dadar’s Sena Bhawan at 1 pm. Uddhav Thackeray is expected to chair the meeting virtually.
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