• Shiv Sena ‘leader’ detained in Guwahati for opposing Eknath Shinde rebellion

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    Shiv Sena ‘leader’ detained in Guwahati for opposing Eknath Shinde rebellion

    Digital Desk: A "leader" of
    the Shiv Sena was taken into custody by the police on Friday outside the
    five-star hotel in the city where party rebel Eknath Shinde and other
    dissidents are residing as the ongoing Maharashtra crisis plays out in
    Guwahati.



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    "Times New Roman";color:#424242">Before being carried away by police in a car,
    Sanjay Bhosale, who identifies himself as the deputy president of the Shiv
    Sena's Satara district office in Maharashtra, was carrying a sign pleading with
    Shinde to go back to "Matoshree," the private mansion of Maharashtra
    chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.



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    "Times New Roman";color:#424242"> “I am
    from Satara district and I am deputy district chief of Shiv Sena. Like Shinde,
    I am also a diehard party worker. I want to tell Shinde that Shiv Sena has
    given him a lot and he should return to Matoshree,” Bhosale told a television
    channel in Guwahati.



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    Bhosale was arrested for allegedly demonstrating without
    "asking permission" outside a hotel where the local government had
    imposed Section 144 of the CrPC.



    "He was imprisoned because he was annoying people in a
    public place without permission. Under the condition of anonymity, a local
    police officer said, "We are not yet certain whether he is a Shiv Sena
    member or not.



    Dilip Lande, a different Shiv Sena MLA, is reportedly en
    route to Guwahati today to join the Shinde camp. There would be 38 Shiv Sena
    lawmakers in the insurgent camp whenever he arrives at the hotel.



    The renegade Shiv Sena camp, led by Eknath Shinde, has the
    number of lawmakers necessary to divide the Hindutva party.