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

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• Jun 24, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

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.