The possibility of the collapse of the Maharashtra government arose after Eknath Shinde, a top minister in the ruling alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi, went ‘out of reach’ and the latter was reportedly based at the Meridian Hotel in Surat in BJP-ruled Gujarat.
News agency ANI informed that Shiv Sena It has been decided to remove Eknath Shinde from the post of Legislature Party leader. According to reports, Sewri MLA Ajay Chaudhary will be the new leader of Shiv Sena Legislature Party.
According to reports, Shinde is not alone there. He is accompanied by twenty one other ministers, posing a threat to the Uddhav Thackeray government.
As the prospect of a political crisis in Maharashtra intensifies, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said there was no possibility of him joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also said that this is the third attempt to topple the Maharashtra government. “There is cross voting in such elections, nothing new in this; Will find a solution,” Pawar reiterated.
The latest crisis comes as a flashpoint between the Shiv Sena and the BJP, which were allies for decades before parting ways.
Here are ten big things of this story
- Eknath Shinde Unreachable as per reports. They say that the minicar is inaccessible. Shinde, the urban development and public works minister in the Maharashtra government, is reportedly angry and is camping with a total of 21 Shiv Sena MLAs at a hotel in Surat.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is scheduled to hold an urgent meeting with legislators of the ruling Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance on Tuesday afternoon.
- Shiv Sena has decided to remove Eknath Shinde from the post of Legislature Party leader, Sewri MLA Ajay Chaudhary will be the new leader of Shiv Sena Legislature Party
- Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut is said to have expressed confidence in Shinde and called him “a true Shiv Sainik”, adding that the minister would “return unconditionally”. Raut also said that the situation is under control and insisted that he is in touch with the MLAs in Gujarat who are “not being allowed to go”.
- A day after the Legislative Council elections, a sudden crisis broke out and the BJP won five seats, while the Shiv Sena and the NCP won two seats each. Congress managed to win only one. The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance has 165 MLAs in the 288-member House, while the BJP has 121 MLAs.
- Talking to reporters, Raut underlined, “Efforts are being made to topple the MVA government but the BJP has to remember that Maharashtra is very different from Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh.”
- However, the BJP is yet to say that it is related to the crisis. “We are watching the turn of events closely. It is a bit too early to say whether this will lead to any change. This is a situation with a handle to care for. We will have to watch it very closely. We are monitoring all situations: Maharashtra BJP President Chandrakant Patil
- Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis is in Delhi to meet Amit Shah amid the crisis in the state.
- “It is our tradition that after winning the election we need to take sweets to our national leaders,” he said. Devendra Fadnavis has gone to Delhi to distribute sweets among our party leaders.”
- Meanwhile, the Congress appointed Kamal Nath as the party’s observer in Maharashtra “in view of the recent political developments in the state”.