Maharashtra Political Crisis News LIVE Updates: Centre provides ‘Y+’ security to 15 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs

Eknath Shinde’s supporters blacken posters of CM Uddhav Thackeray in Thane

Assam BJP distances itself from Maha political crisis

Opposition parties Congress and Aam Aadmi party (AAP)protested outside the hotel on Friday. Congress has asked the MLAs to leave Assam as the state is reeling under flood.

Assam BJP minister meets rebel Shiv Sena MLAs at Guwahati hotel

Aaditya Thackeray attends party workers program at Kalina, Santacruz

Legal opinion

Some legal experts feel that the Eknath Shinde camp’s homework on the anti-defection law was grossly inadequate, while some think that the Shiv Sena leader has been trapped and it may not be possible for him to come out of it.

Road to Vidhan Bhavan from airport goes via Worli: Aaditya warns Sena rebels

In a subtle warning to the Shiv Sena rebels currently camping in Guwahati, party leader and cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray has said the road from Mumbai airport to Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature complex here, goes via Worli.Worli, traditionally a Shiv Sena bastion in Mumbai, is the assembly constituency represented by Aaditya Thackeray.

Centre Acts

Central government has provided ‘Y+’ category armed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security cover to 15 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs: ANI Sources

Eknath Shinde’s visit to Vadodara

‘Poster war’ in Maharashtra

Fighting to save Sena from MVA’s crocodile grip: Eknath Shinde

‘How long will you hide in Guwahati, you will have to come to chowpatty’: Sanjay Raut taunts rebel MLAs

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday posted a tweet targetting the rebel MLAs of the party, in which he said that however long they may “hide” in Assam’s Guwahati, they will ultimately have to come to “chowpatty”, a reference to Mumbai.

We are confident the court will rule in our favour: Rebel MLA Deepak Kesarkar

Rebel Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar, who is in Guwahati, told TOI on phone that the group supporting Eknath Shinde will move the Bombay high court early next week to challenge the decision of Uddhav Thackeray to replace Shinde from the party chief whip’s post and to appoint a new MLA to the post.

MVA in huddle

Maharashtra Congress leaders Balasaheb Thorat and Ashok Chavan leave from the residence of NCP chief Sharad Pawar in Mumbai

Amravati MP Navneet Rana

What next ? Approaching EC or Governor

Eknath Shinde, state may be staring at long-drawn legal battle

Lakhs of rupees being spent on our MLAs who were forcibly taken there; Rs 9 lakhs a day. Lakhs of flood-affected people are there in the very same Assam, they are left on their own. For the first time, Opposition is supporting a faction leaving the ruling party

– Aaditya Thackeray

Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde calls a meeting of MLAs at 12 noon in Guwahati hotel, to discuss further strategy: Sources

Maharashtra Minister & Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray

”Looking at the last 2-4 days in Maharshtra, it feels that those who left, left for good… the entire country saw that the person who did the most powerful work during #COVID19 had to leave his official residence,” said Aaditya Thackeray

Question over party symbol

The Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 deals with the poll body’s power to recognise parties and allot symbols. When the question of a split in a political party arises outside the legislature, paragraph 15 of the Symbols Order, 1968, states: “When the Commission is satisfied… that there are rival sections or groups of a recognised political party, each of whom claims to be that party the Commission may, after taking into account all the available facts and circumstances of the case and hearing (their) representatives… and other persons as desire to be heard, decide that one such rival section or group or none of such rival sections or groups is that recognised political party and the decision of the Commission shall be binding on all such rival sections or groups.”

The Eknath Shinde story

Eknath Shinde is a four-time MLA and two-time minister. Skilled in organising people and events, Shinde’s spark was discovered and initially used by Sena’s Thane district president Nanad Dighe. That’s how auto-driver Shinde started driving Dighe’s car.

BJP, Assam won’t pay Maharashtra MLAs’ hotel bill, says Himanta Sarma

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday neither BJP nor Assam will pay the bills of the Maharashtra legislators led by Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde camping at private luxury hotel Radisson Blu in Guwahati since Wednesday. “Why will BJP pay the bills or, for that matter, why will Assam foot the bill? Rather, Assam is earning by way of GST from the hotel.”

CM Thackeray on Bharatiya Janata Party

Chief minister Thackeray said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was seeking to destroy the Shiv Sena at a national executive meeting on Saturday.

No question of re-alliance with BJP: Uddhav Thackeray

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray noted that after he sensed dissatisfaction amongst MLAs a few days back, he called Eknath Shinde and told him to perform his duty of taking Shiv Sena forward.

Those who want to join hands with BJP can go: Uddhav Thackeray

Asserting his stance of not joining hands with BJP come what may, UddhavThackeray noted that the MLAs who want to go to BJP are free to go.

Shiv Sena summons state advocate general to seek legal view on impasse

Rebel ministers to lose their posts in 24 hours: Sanjay Raut

Talking to a Marathi news channel in the evening, Raut said “the process of their removal is on”. “Ministers like Gulabrao Patil, Dada Bhuse, Sandipan Bhumre were considered to be loyal Shiv Sena workers who were made cabinet ministers by Uddhav Thackeray….the party has given them enough. They have taken the wrong path and will lose their posts in 24 hours,” he said.

My actions aimed at saving Shiv Sena from clutches of MVA govt, says Eknath Shinde