Some of the rebels' offices were allegedly vandalised in Maharashtra by Shiv Sena members while they are still camping in Guwahati.
Digital Desk: Amid the political crisis in Maharashtra, rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has called a meeting of MLAs camping with him at the Radisson Blu hotel in Guwahati on Sunday to discuss the strategy ahead.
Political crisis in Maharashtra was precipitated after Minister Eknath Shinde flew to Surat and Guwahati with certain MLAs, claiming to have the support of 38 of the 55 Shiv Sena legislators—more than two-thirds of the party's strength in the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. It indicates that they won't be barred from the state assembly if they decide to resign and start a new political party or join forces with another.
The deputy speaker of Maharashtra, Narhari Zirwal, has sent notices to the 16 Shiv Sena rebel MLAs. The disqualification hearing must be attended by the MLAs on Monday in Mumbai.
Notably, Zirwal already gave his approval for Ajay Choudhary to replace Shinde, the state cabinet member who disobeyed the Shiv Sena leadership, as leader of the Shiv Sena Legislature Party.
Zirwal also rejected the Shinde camp's proposal to replace Sunil Prabhu as the chief whip of the legislature party with rebel Shiv Sena MLA Bharat Gogawale.
It's interesting to note that the Shinde faction called itself the "Shiv Sena Balasaheb."
As the Chief Minister stated that those who left the party should not seek votes in the name of the party founder, the Uddhav faction reacted angrily to the group's name being taken from the founder of the Shiv Sena, Balasaheb Thackeray.
Chimanrao Patil, a rebel MLA, claimed earlier on Saturday that they had urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to form a "natural coalition" because they were dissatisfied with the Shiv Sena's alliances with its "traditional adversary" parties, Congress and NCP.
The leader, however, added that since the Chief Minister had not responded, Eknath Shinde, who is in charge of the faction, "took a stand."
Shiv Sena rebel MLA Chimanrao Patil, in a video tweeted by Eknath Shinde, said, "The NCP and Congress have traditionally been our rivals, and they are our main opposition in the electorate." "We requested CM Uddhav Thackeray that a natural alliance should be done," he added.
Two-thirds of Shiv Sena MLAs and ten independents back the faction, Patil said.
The Uddhav Thackeray faction has asked the Maharashtra Assembly deputy speaker to remove 12 rebel MLAs from office.
Six resolutions were accepted at the Shiv Sena national executive meeting, which was presided over by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray as the political crisis in Maharashtra worsens.
"We strongly condemn the treachery that a small number of Shiv Sena legislators have shown, and we declare that the party and its organisation are fully supporting party leader Uddhav Thackeray. The party grants Thackeray full authority to exercise control over the developing situation and to carry out all necessary decisions," the resolution stated.
The second resolution passed by the national executive stated, "The national executive expresses its pride in the effort Uddhav Thackeray has made as the chief minister of Maharashtra and the fame that he has achieved for his taking care of the Maharashtra populace during COVID."
Another resolution asserts that the Shiv Sena and Bal Thackeray are two inseparable sides of the same coin. As a result, aside from the Shiv Sena, no one else can use Balasaheb's name.
The Shiv Sena has consistently adhered to Hindutva, the concept of a united Maharashtra, and the Marathi Asmita.
Some of the rebels' offices were allegedly vandalised in Maharashtra by Shiv Sena members while they are still camping in Guwahati.
Notably, in response, Shinde wrote to Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday about the allegedly "malicious" removal of security from the families of the 38 MLAs who were camping with him in Guwahati.
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