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Image Source : INDIA TV Shinde-led Shiv Sena advertisement Shinde-led Shiv Sena advertisement: A poster war has erupted in Maharashtra after Chief Minister-led Shiv Sena claimed that Eknath Shinde is the preferred person for the state's top post, claims an ad which was put out by the ruling party. In the full-page advertisement placed in many newspapers, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has demanded Narendra Modi in the Centre and Eknath Shinde for Maharashtra's top job. And has also claimed that Eknath Shinde is preferred more as CM rather than The ad may further widen the gap between the Shiv Sena and BJP, which according to reports, are going through a rough patch after Eknath Shinde son's fiasco. The Shiv Sena MP hit out at the BJP leaders in the state's Dombivil unit and said there are some leaders who are trying to create obstacles for the BJP-Shinde faction for their "selfish politics." The advertisement carries Sena’s bow-and-arrow symbol and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Shinde. It has no image or photo of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going by its earlier publicity materials. “…For the chief minister’s position, 26.1 per cent of the people in Maharashtra desire Eknath Shinde and 23.2 per cent of the people wish to see Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister,” reads the advertisement. Thus, it is undeniable proof that 49.3 per cent of the people in Maharashtra wish to see a strong alliance between BJP and Sh...

By Kamlesh Damodar Sutar: Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde plunged the ruling alliance in the state into a political crisis by reportedly moving to a hotel in Gujarat's Surat with several party MLAs. The move has put a question mark on the future of Maharashtra’s ruling alliance led by the Shiv Sena (whose leader Uddhav Thackeray is the chief minister) and also comprising the NCP and the Congress. Eknath Shinde, an auto driver in Thane, lost two of his children in a tragic accident. His son and daughter drowned in Satara in front of his eyes. Shinde became reclusive and decided to stay away from politics. He was a Shiv Sena corporator back then. But Shinde's political guru, Anand Dighe, led him back into active politics. Late Anand Dighe was a mass leader from Thane. Soon, Eknath Shinde was appointed as the leader of the house in Thane Municipal corporation. After Dighe's death in 2001, Shinde grew exponentially and played a crucial role in strengthening the Sena in the state, particularly in the Thane region. He has been responsible for organising the Sena’s major political events. Shinde carefully built his image mirroring Dighe, with a similar beard, and adopted Dighe's unique style of functioning. After Raj Thackeray and Narayan Rane's revolt, it was Shinde who brought crowds to Sena rallies. During the 2019 political crisis, it was Shinde who wrestled back a few MLAs. His son, Shrikant Shinde, is Sena's Member of Parliament from Kalyan. Eknath S...

• "I will stay out of the government and ensure it runs smoothly," Mr Fadnavis said at a news briefing around 4:30 pm, announcing that only Mr Shinde • However, barely three hours later, he was seen taking oath as Mr Shinde's deputy after BJP chief JP Nadda said, " • • Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde met with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and staked claim to power earlier in the afternoon. • Uddhav Thackeray quit as Maharashtra Chief Minister yesterday, shortly after the Supreme Court ruled that he must prove his majority. • The Shiv Sena chief was left with only 13 MLAs after the revolt that played out in three BJP-ruled states. Eknath Shinde and a group of rebels first moved to Gujarat's Surat in luxury buses. They were flown to Assam's Guwahati in chartered flights. They landed in Goa last evening to prepare for a possible test of strength. • Deepak Kesarkar, the spokesperson for the Sena rebels, stressed that it was ideology, and not greed for better posts, that drove them to switch sides and go with the BJP. • He also said the rebels did not betray Uddhav Thackeray and still have love and respect for him. "Nobody in Shiv Sena is against the Thackeray family," he said. • He asserted that the rebel faction is the Shiv Sena now, since Uddhav Thackeray is in a minority in the party. "It's not a question of who is the real Shiv Sena. We have the legal majority and thus ours is the legislature party," he said. • Despite evidence of its protection and facilitation of th...

A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to give relief to former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray as it observed that he did not face a Floor test in the Maharashtra assembly. The apex court pronounced a verdict on a batch of petitions related to the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis that saw Eknath Shinde taking over as Chief Minister from Uddhav Thackeray following a split in the Shiv Sena. It criticised the Maharashtra Speaker's decision to appoint Gogawale (Shinde group) as chief Whip of the Shiv Sena party as illegal. It referred the 2016 Nabam Rebia five-judge verdict related to the power of speaker on disqualification of MLAs to a larger bench The top court, news agency PTI reported. ALSO READ | Supreme Court On Maharashtra Govt Crisis — Key Points • Supreme Court said that the 2016 Nabam Rebia case which held that Speaker cannot initiate disqualification proceedings when a resolution seeking his removal is pending, requires reference to a larger bench. The top court said that issues such as whether a notice to the removal of the Speaker will restrict the powers of the Speaker to issue disqualification notices need examination by a larger bench. • Talking about the merits of the case, CJI DY Chandrachud said that it will not be right for democracy to separate the whip from the party as it is the party that seeks votes from the public and MLA alone cannot decide who will be the whip. Uddhav Thackeray was chosen as the leader in the me...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is likely to have 45 ministers, most belonging to ally BJP. In the new cabinet, 25 ministers will be from the BJP, 13 from Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, say sources. The rest will be independent. Apart from the Chief Minister and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis - a former Chief Minister - most ministers will be new. Devendra Fadnavis joined him as his Deputy, despite speculation that it would be the other way round. The formula between the Shinde Sena and the BJP is being finalised, sources say. The Sena will get a ministry for every three MLAs and the BJP will get a post for every four MLAs, according to the formula. The final decision will be taken only after the Supreme Court verdict on July 11 on the possible disqualification of 16 MLAs, including Mr Shinde. The Supreme Court hearing will decide on the validity disqualification notices sent by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray to 16 from the rebel camp - which now claims it is the real Sena as team Thackeray is a minority.

Maharashtra Political Crisis Updates: Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday broke his silence after his government was pushed to the brink of collapse by rebel party leader Eknath Shinde and said he was ready to quit his post if the rebel MLAs tell him that they don’t want him to continue as CM of the state. He urged the rebel MLAs, including Eknath Shinde, to come face-to-face or call him to discuss the matter rather than “trolling” him through media or social media. In a 17-minute-long webcast, the 61-year-old leader said he would be happy to see a Shiv Amid the rebellion by Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and some other MLAs that has put a question mark on the stability of the Maharashtra government, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday night left his official residence ‘Varsha’ in south Mumbai and moved back to ‘Matoshree’, the private residence of the Thackeray family in suburban Bandra. As the Maharashtra political battle is raging for the past 48 hours and counting, visuals emerged of a smiling Eknath Shinde – the man whose rebellion plunged the MVA government into a survival crisis – with his group of loyalists camping at a Guwahati 5-star hotel. The videos and images that have surfaced show Shinde sitting along with some MLAs, who are sharing some light moments among themselves. As Maharashtra’s alliance government is witnessing a survival crisis, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray discussed v...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is likely to have 45 ministers, most belonging to ally BJP. In the new cabinet, 25 ministers will be from the BJP, 13 from Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, say sources. The rest will be independent. Apart from the Chief Minister and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis - a former Chief Minister - most ministers will be new. Devendra Fadnavis joined him as his Deputy, despite speculation that it would be the other way round. The formula between the Shinde Sena and the BJP is being finalised, sources say. The Sena will get a ministry for every three MLAs and the BJP will get a post for every four MLAs, according to the formula. The final decision will be taken only after the Supreme Court verdict on July 11 on the possible disqualification of 16 MLAs, including Mr Shinde. The Supreme Court hearing will decide on the validity disqualification notices sent by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray to 16 from the rebel camp - which now claims it is the real Sena as team Thackeray is a minority.

A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to give relief to former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray as it observed that he did not face a Floor test in the Maharashtra assembly. The apex court pronounced a verdict on a batch of petitions related to the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis that saw Eknath Shinde taking over as Chief Minister from Uddhav Thackeray following a split in the Shiv Sena. It criticised the Maharashtra Speaker's decision to appoint Gogawale (Shinde group) as chief Whip of the Shiv Sena party as illegal. It referred the 2016 Nabam Rebia five-judge verdict related to the power of speaker on disqualification of MLAs to a larger bench The top court, news agency PTI reported. ALSO READ | Supreme Court On Maharashtra Govt Crisis — Key Points • Supreme Court said that the 2016 Nabam Rebia case which held that Speaker cannot initiate disqualification proceedings when a resolution seeking his removal is pending, requires reference to a larger bench. The top court said that issues such as whether a notice to the removal of the Speaker will restrict the powers of the Speaker to issue disqualification notices need examination by a larger bench. • Talking about the merits of the case, CJI DY Chandrachud said that it will not be right for democracy to separate the whip from the party as it is the party that seeks votes from the public and MLA alone cannot decide who will be the whip. Uddhav Thackeray was chosen as the leader in the me...

• "I will stay out of the government and ensure it runs smoothly," Mr Fadnavis said at a news briefing around 4:30 pm, announcing that only Mr Shinde • However, barely three hours later, he was seen taking oath as Mr Shinde's deputy after BJP chief JP Nadda said, " • • Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde met with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and staked claim to power earlier in the afternoon. • Uddhav Thackeray quit as Maharashtra Chief Minister yesterday, shortly after the Supreme Court ruled that he must prove his majority. • The Shiv Sena chief was left with only 13 MLAs after the revolt that played out in three BJP-ruled states. Eknath Shinde and a group of rebels first moved to Gujarat's Surat in luxury buses. They were flown to Assam's Guwahati in chartered flights. They landed in Goa last evening to prepare for a possible test of strength. • Deepak Kesarkar, the spokesperson for the Sena rebels, stressed that it was ideology, and not greed for better posts, that drove them to switch sides and go with the BJP. • He also said the rebels did not betray Uddhav Thackeray and still have love and respect for him. "Nobody in Shiv Sena is against the Thackeray family," he said. • He asserted that the rebel faction is the Shiv Sena now, since Uddhav Thackeray is in a minority in the party. "It's not a question of who is the real Shiv Sena. We have the legal majority and thus ours is the legislature party," he said. • Despite evidence of its protection and facilitation of th...

Maharashtra Political Crisis Updates: Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday broke his silence after his government was pushed to the brink of collapse by rebel party leader Eknath Shinde and said he was ready to quit his post if the rebel MLAs tell him that they don’t want him to continue as CM of the state. He urged the rebel MLAs, including Eknath Shinde, to come face-to-face or call him to discuss the matter rather than “trolling” him through media or social media. In a 17-minute-long webcast, the 61-year-old leader said he would be happy to see a Shiv Amid the rebellion by Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde and some other MLAs that has put a question mark on the stability of the Maharashtra government, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday night left his official residence ‘Varsha’ in south Mumbai and moved back to ‘Matoshree’, the private residence of the Thackeray family in suburban Bandra. As the Maharashtra political battle is raging for the past 48 hours and counting, visuals emerged of a smiling Eknath Shinde – the man whose rebellion plunged the MVA government into a survival crisis – with his group of loyalists camping at a Guwahati 5-star hotel. The videos and images that have surfaced show Shinde sitting along with some MLAs, who are sharing some light moments among themselves. As Maharashtra’s alliance government is witnessing a survival crisis, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray discussed v...