Governor Writes To DGP To Provide Security To Rebel MLAs, Their Kin
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has written to the state DGP to provide security to the MLAs (of Shinde Camp) and their families on an immediate basis.
(Source: ANI)
Sena Workers Held For Attack On Office Of Eknath Shinde’s Son
Six Shiv Sena workers were arrested for allegedly pelting stones at the office of Shirkant Shinde, Kalyan Lok Sabha MP and son of rebel MLA Eknath Shinde, Thane police said on Sunday.
The Ulhasnagar office of the MP was attacked on Saturday by a mob of eight to 10 persons and a video of the incident had gone viral soon after.
(Source: PTI)
Sena Leaders Step Up Attack On Rebels
The power tussle between Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena dissident Eknath Shinde became intense on Sunday with Sena leaders, led by Sanjay Raut, launching an acerbic attack on the rebels while NCP chief Sharad Pawar held closed-door meetings with MVA leaders, PTI reported.
Sharad Pawar met leaders of NCP, Congress ministers Balasaheb Thorat and Ashok Chavan, and Shiv Sena’s Anil Parab and Anil Desai to discuss the political fallout of the six-day-old rebellion.
(Source: PTI)
Rebel MLAs Have Monstrous Ambitions, Party Doors Shut For Them, Says Aaditya
Slamming the dissident Shiv Sena MLAs for having ‘monstrous ambitions’, minister Aaditya Thackeray on Sunday said even if all the party legislators turn rebels, victory will always be of the party.
Addressing the Sena workers in Mumbai for the second consecutive day, Thackeray also said that doors of the State and party are closed for the rebels MLAs.
“Contest elections again, we will ensure you are defeated,” the 30-year-old son of Sena president and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said.
(Source: PTI)
MVA Government Will Last Two To Three Days, Says Union Minister
Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Sunday said the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra, racked by rebellion in main constituent Shiv Sena, will last “two to three days,”.
Speaking at the inaugural function of an agriculture department building, the Union Minister of State for Railway, Coal and Mines said, “Time is running out. This government will last for two to three days. The BJP has nothing to do with this rebellion. Shiv Sena rebels have resentment towards Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as development funds were diverted by NCP and Congress.”
He also said there was no chance of President’s Rule being imposed in the state.
(Source: PTI)
Legal Action Initiated Against 16 MLAs Says Sena MP
Shiv Sena has fired the first legal salvo against “rebel” MLAs.
Notice has been served to 16 MLAs till now, Sena MP Arvind Sawant said on Sunday, adding that political turbulence is going on in Maharashtra, and many MLAs have defected and gone to Assam.
Proceedings have been initiated by Shiv Sena under the Constitutional provision which says that if a person gives up the membership of a party then he’s eligible for disqualification, Sena’s counsel Devdutta Kamat said.
He also added that the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly has full powers to adjudicate in the absence of the Speaker- the post is lying vacant.
(Source: ANI)
Quit As Sena MLAs And Face Fresh Elections, Raut Dares Party Rebels
Amid the ongoing tussle for control, party leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday dared the rebels to quit as MLAs and face fresh elections, quickly adding that the party’s doors are open for those who wish to return.
“My open challenge to the rebels is to resign and seek a fresh mandate from their electorate. In the past, Chhagan Bhujbal, Narayan Rane and their supporters had resigned as Sena MLAs to join other parties. Even (Union minister) Jyotiraditya Scindia supporters in Madhya Pradesh had resigned as Congress MLAs (in March 2020),” Raut told reporters.
The Sena rank and file are already on the ground waiting for a signal from the leadership, he said, hinting that the party was ready to take on the rebels.
Raut scoffed at Shinde’s tweet last night, in which the latter had urged the Sena workers to have faith in him and that he was trying to save the party from the ‘python clutches’ of MVA allies.
He futher added, “Don’t know if these people are drugged. They have been in power for two-and-a-half years getting the creamiest portfolios as ministers.”
(Source: PTI)
Aaditya Thackeray’s Message For Rebels
Shiv Sena’s doors are open for those who want to leave and those who want to return to the party. BUT those rebel MLAs who are traitors will not be taken back into the party: Shiv Sena leader & Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray.
(Source ANI)
Shiv Sena Workers Stage Protest In Jammu
A group of Shiv Sena activists on Sunday staged a protest here against the prevailing political crisis in Maharashtra and demanded a high-level probe against the BJP for its alleged role in “horse-trading” to pull down Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance government.
The shiv sainiks staged the protest outside party headquarters at Channi on the outskirts of the city and also burnt an effigy of rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde.
(Source: PTI)
Shiv Sena Workers Protest Against Party Rebels; Say ‘Traitors’ Won’t Be Forgiven
Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra following a rebellion by senior Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde and others, the loyalists of party president and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took out a two-wheeler rally in Mumbai and held protests in parts of Pune against the dissident leaders on Sunday, PTI reported.
Sena workers and its local functionaries, led by the Pune city unit president Gajanan Tharkude, staged ‘jode maro’ (hit with footwear) protests at two places – outside Balgandharva auditorium and in Kothrud – and raised slogans against the rebels.
The party workers were seen hitting Shinde’s photo with footwear.
(Source: PTI)
Security Heightened For Rebel Shiv Sena MLA
Security heightened outside the residence of rebel Shiv Sena MLA Mangesh Kundalkar. CRPF personnel deployed along with Mumbai Police.
(Source: ANI)
The central government has extended Y-plus security cover of CRPF commandos to at least 15 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs. Sena workers had vandalised offices of rebel MLA Tanaji Sawant and Shinde’s MP son Shrikant Shinde, reported PTI.
Sena workers vandalised homes and offices of several ‘rebel’ MLAs including Eknath Shinde’s office in Thane. Protests were organised outside Shinde’s office in support of the disgruntled MLA where effigies of Uddhav Thackeray were burnt by party cadre, The Quint reported.
Meanwhile, ‘rebel’ Shiv Sena MLAs, led by state Cabinet Minister Eknath Shinde, had called for a meeting of all MLAs camping at the Guwahati hotel at 12 pm to discuss the future course of action. The ‘rebel’ MLA had earlier conducted a midnight meeting with BJP leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, as per ANI
The Mumbai police have deployed its personnel at the city-based offices of various political parties and leaders, including ministers, MLAs and MPs, and their residences as a security measure, an official told PTI.
The prohibitory orders issued by the city police under CrPC section 144 in the first week of June, ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections, will continue to remain in place till July 10. It bans the assembly of five or more persons at one place.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Saturday that the rebel Maharashtra ministers in the Eknath Shinde camp will lose their posts ‘in 24 hours.’
Earlier in the day, the party’s national executive authorised Sena president and state chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to take action against the rebel MLAs led by Shinde, a senior cabinet minister.