Maharashtra Political Crisis News LIVE Updates: Many MLAs want to come back, claims Sena; rebel camp exte…

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