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Only 13 MLAs in Uddhav Thackeray’s meeting, the picture of the rebels tells the story: 10 points

June 23, 2022
Bharat Times

At least 40 Shiv Sena MLAs have joined the Eknath Shinde camp.

Mumbai:
Eknath Shinde, who is leading the rebellion against Uddhav Thackeray, has claimed the support of 40 MLAs, but this has been challenged by party leader Sanjay Raut, who said at least half of them were “in touch” to come back .

Here are the top 10 updates to this big story:

  1. Eknath Shinde, who was camping in Guwahati with around 41 MLAs, tweeted a scathing letter by an MLA accusing the Maharashtra Chief Minister of closing his doors for them and making them wait for hours. “We were denied entry into the chief minister’s house for 2.5 years,” wrote Sanjay Shirsat, an MLA with the rebels in Guwahati.

  2. However, the MLA does not want Uddhav Thackeray to resign from the post of Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Deepak Keskar, one of the three MLAs who joined the rebel camp this morning, said, “Instead, we want him to forge an alliance with the BJP and form a new government with a natural ally.”

  3. “Yesterday (Eknath) Shinde had 37 Shiv Sena MLAs. Today I reached here along with three other Shiv Sena MLAs and an Independent. Two to three are expected to arrive in the next few hours,” Mr. Keskar told NDTV.

  4. Uddhav Thackeray has become the minority chief in the party founded and led for decades by his father Bal Thackeray. Sources told NDTV that only 13 MLAs were present in the meeting called by Uddhav Thackeray. “When they (MLAs) come to Mumbai, you will come to know, (it) will be known soon, under what circumstances these MLAs left us,” he said. Sanjay RautWho is the chief spokesperson of Shiv Sena, said.

  5. The Congress and Sharad Pawar’s NCP – Shiv Sena’s alliance partner in Maharashtra – have suggested that rebel Eknath Shinde be named as chief minister, bailing the ruling alliance out of a huge political crisis, sources said. .

  6. Eknath ShindeThe Shiv Sena, which is leading the rebellion, has claimed that the ruling alliance was only beneficial to the alliance partners, while common Shiv Sainiks have suffered the most in the last two-and-a-half years of the coalition’s rule. Shinde, who was camping in Guwahati with rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, tweeted on Wednesday: “It is important to take a decision in the interest of the state.”

  7. NCP chief Sharad Pawar held a party meeting today amid political instability in the ruling alliance. The meeting was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil, ministers Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad and party leader Sunil Tatkare.

  8. At stake for the last two-and-a-half years of the alliance’s existence, Mr Thackeray on Wednesday referred to his father and party founder Balasaheb Thackeray as he delivered an emotional address to the rebels. Uddhav Thackeray said, “If my own people don’t want me as the chief minister, they should walk up to me and say so. I am ready to resign. I am Balasaheb’s son, I am not behind any post.” Am.” – who tested positive for Covid – said in a Facebook address on Wednesday evening.

  9. The BJP maintains that the political crisis in Maharashtra is an internal matter of the Shiv Sena and the party is not claiming to form the government in the state. Union minister Raosaheb Patil Danve, who met party leader Devendra Fadnavis, said, “We have not spoken to Eknath Shinde. It is an internal matter of Shiv Sena. BJP has nothing to do with it. We are not claiming to form the government.” are.” Told the media.

  10. Though Eknath Shinde’s rebellion is the first under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena has seen rebellion by prominent personalities for the first time.our opportunities In its 56-year-old history, three of them are under the watch of its charismatic founder, Bal Thackeray.