• 'Dance of monkeys...': Owaisi's take on Maharashtra crisis

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    'Dance of monkeys...': Owaisi's take on Maharashtra crisis




    Digital Desk: Asaduddin Owaisi, the head of AIMIM,
    provided his (unfavourable) perspective on the Maharashtra crisis on Saturday,
    referring to individuals engaged as "monkeys" and characterised the
    situation as "a dance of monkeys... hopping from one branch to
    another." He declared that since this was a Shiv Sena and Maha Vikas
    Aghadi government internal problem, neither he nor his party would get
    involved.



    "This is Maha Vikas Aghadi's
    problem; let them think about it. Why should I visit that location and speak
    up? We are monitoring the developing drama "Owaisi stated.



     



    When questioned about the
    circumstance, Owaisi shrugged: "It appears to be a monkey dance. They
    behave as though they are hopping from one branch to another like
    monkeys."



     



    The Maharashtra crisis started on
    Wednesday as dissident Sena leader Eknath Shinde left for BJP-ruled Gujarat
    with members of his party and independent MPs.



     



    The Shinde camp announced earlier today that their group would be
    called "Shiv Sena (Balasaheb)" in reference to the late party
    patriarch Balasaheb Thackeray, who is the father of chief minister Uddhav
    Thackeray. Over the past four days, Shinde's numbers have increased to 47 - 38
    Sena MLAs, nine independent - which is enough to claim control of his party.



     



    The chief minister gave a raucous response to the statement.
    "I won't meddle in the rebels' affairs... The name Balasaheb Thackeray
    should never be used, though."



    This afternoon, after meeting with the party's national executive,
    Thackeray told the MP Sanjay Raut that if they wanted to run for office, they
    had to do it under their fathers' names.