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Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Tanaji Sawant on Monday said his party would contest 23 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the 2024 polls, the assertion coming a day after Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis met Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Shinde had said the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party, both part of the ruling coalition in the state, will contest all polls henceforth together. Speaking to reporters in Osmanabad (Dharashiv), Sawant said, "The (undivided) Shiv Sena had contested 23 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 general elections, winning 18. In the next Lok Sabha polls, which is less than a year away, we will do the same. Shiv Sena will contest 23 seats." Sawant's comments came a day after local BJP MLA Rana Jagjitsingh had claimed BJP will win Osmanabad Lok Sabha seat in the 2024 polls. Read | Osmanabad was allotted to the Shiv Sena in the 2019 general elections and was won by Omprakash Rajenimbalkar, who is now with Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT). "If anyone is going to take us for granted, we will not accept it. We are a separate party and have our own identity and symbol. We will contest as per the existing seat sharing formula," Sawant asserted. The Shiv Sena split in June last year following a rebellion led by Eknath Shine, who went on to become CM with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier in the day, Shinde in a "During the meeting, it was decided that all future elections (including the Lok Sab...

Mumbai, Jun 10 (PTI) Two men were arrested from a suburb in Mumbai on Saturday, a day after Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claimed he and his MLA brother Sunil Raut had received death threat calls and asked the Maharashtra government to take them seriously. The accused duo- one of them an autorickshaw driver and another an interior designing worker-were detained on Friday itself from the eastern suburb of Govandi but the police awaited an official complaint in the case before arresting them, an official said. Preliminary information suggests that they made the threat calls to the Raut brothers under the influence of alcohol, he said, adding that further investigation is underway. They were tracked based on the location of their mobile phones and call recordings provided by the Raut brothers, the official said. Earlier, Sunil Raut had received a call in which the person on the other side threatened to shoot him as well as his brother Sanjay Raut, police said on Friday. “The government should take it (threat to him and his brother) seriously and not me. The government wants such threats. The matter is with the police and they will have to look into it,” Sanjay Raut had told reporters. Sunil Raut received a threat. I didn’t lodge any complaint. We are not worried about it, claimed Raut, who has received threats in the past as well. Police registered a case against the arrested men under section 506-II (criminal intimidation – threat to cause death or grievous hurt) ...

The war of words between the two alliance partners in Maharashtra broke out after Shrikant Shinde hit out at BJP local leaders accusing them of engaging in selfish politics. ALSO READ | Shrikant Shinde's remark was triggered by BJP leaders' move to pass a resolution not to support his father Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Hitting out at the Shinde faction, saffron party leader and MLA Sanjay Kelkar claimed that no one can win in Thane district without the help of the BJP. "Be it Thane, Kalyan or Palghar, wasn't all these Lok Sabha constituencies once owned by the BJP," Kelkar asked his party cadre during a meeting of Maha Jan Sampark Abhiyan in Thane. Meanwhile, without taking names, Shinde camp's spokesperson Naresh Mhaske pointed out that when senior leaders make decisions, street leaders like us must recognise our limits and must speak within those limitations. "Be it Shiv Sena or BJP, everyone has benefited from power," Mhaske said. ALSO READ | It all started after Kalyan's two-term MP Shrikant Shinde had offered his resignation after the resolution of not supporting Shiv Sena was passed by the local BJP unit on Friday. "I personally do not aspire for any post. Senior leaders of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance will take the decision of who to nominate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections," Shrikant Shinde said. "Even if I am not nominated, we will unanimously campaign for whoever is the candidate and make him win. Our aim is to form a BJP-Shiv...

Mumbai, Jun 14 (PTI) BJP MP from Maharashtra Anil Bonde on Wednesday hit out at Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and said a frog does not become an elephant even if it swells, prompting a Shiv Sena MLA to hit back, saying the former's ministers could find a place in the cabinet only because of his party's "50 tigers". The slugfest comes a day after full-page advertisements were carried across major newspapers in the state on, citing a survey that showed CM Shinde ahead of his deputy Devendra Fadnavis in popularity. It did not have the pictures of either Fadnavis or Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray. Since then the unease between the two ruling allies has risen. On Wednesday, another advertisement on the state's ruling alliance appeared in Marathi dailies featuring leaders like Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray and Deputy CM Fadnavis. "A frog doesn't become an elephant even if it swells itself. His (Shinde) advisers may be giving him wrong advice. Uddhav ji (Thackeray) used to think Mumbai is entire Maharashtra. Now, Eknath ji Shinde thinks Thane is entire Maharashtra," Bonde said. His remarks evoked a sharp reaction from Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad, who said it was due to Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's help that the BJP grew in the state. "The way Eknath Shinde is working and then comparing him to a frog or saying that he is only restricted to Thane…with whose help did you (the BJP) grow in Maharashtra? You grew with the help of Balasaheb Thackeray. What was your position...

• Also read in: • Maharashtra Political Crisis News Highlights: Shiv Sena seeks disqualification of 12 rebel MLAs in Eknath Shinde camp Maharashtra News Highlights, June 23rd, 2022: The Uddhav Thackeray-led government will overcome this crisis and the floor test will prove it, said NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde interacts with supporting MLAs at a hotel in Guwahati on Thursday. (Photo: PTI) Maharashtra News Highlights, June 23, 2022: The newly appointed Shiv Sena legislature party leader Ajay Choudhari met the acting speaker Narhari Zhirwal on Thursday asking him to take action against the 12 MLAs who have joined the Eknath Shinde faction for violating party discipline. Speaking to The Indian Express, Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant said, “We had called for two meetings on June 22 and a whip was issued by Sunil Prabhu. These MLAs were given notices and asked why they were not present. Some gave explanations, but they may be real or fake. Hence, we have sought their disqualification.” Maharashtra Political Crisis | As the Shiv Sena appeared to offer a compromise by saying that it was ready to move out of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra if the rebel MLAs returned within 24 hours, the Nationalist Congress Party said that it would stick by CM Uddhav Thackeray till the end as the current government has the ability to win a floor test if proper procedures are followed. “I have seen many such situations in Maharashtra and I am confident that the Uddhav...

MLA Ravindra Waikar has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for three consecutive terms in 2009, 2014 and 2019. In the year 2014 he took charge as Maharashtra's minister of state, Higher & Technical Education. Waikar is one of the oldest and most trusted leader of Shiv Sena. In the previous Devendra Fadnavis-led government, Ravindra Waiker held the post of Minister of State, housing, higher and technical education minister. Waiker is the Shivsena MLA from Mumbai Jogeshwari East constituency.

Mumbai, Jun 10 (PTI) Two men were arrested from a suburb in Mumbai on Saturday, a day after Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claimed he and his MLA brother Sunil Raut had received death threat calls and asked the Maharashtra government to take them seriously. The accused duo- one of them an autorickshaw driver and another an interior designing worker-were detained on Friday itself from the eastern suburb of Govandi but the police awaited an official complaint in the case before arresting them, an official said. Preliminary information suggests that they made the threat calls to the Raut brothers under the influence of alcohol, he said, adding that further investigation is underway. They were tracked based on the location of their mobile phones and call recordings provided by the Raut brothers, the official said. Earlier, Sunil Raut had received a call in which the person on the other side threatened to shoot him as well as his brother Sanjay Raut, police said on Friday. “The government should take it (threat to him and his brother) seriously and not me. The government wants such threats. The matter is with the police and they will have to look into it,” Sanjay Raut had told reporters. Sunil Raut received a threat. I didn’t lodge any complaint. We are not worried about it, claimed Raut, who has received threats in the past as well. Police registered a case against the arrested men under section 506-II (criminal intimidation – threat to cause death or grievous hurt) ...

• Also read in: • Maharashtra Political Crisis News Highlights: Shiv Sena seeks disqualification of 12 rebel MLAs in Eknath Shinde camp Maharashtra News Highlights, June 23rd, 2022: The Uddhav Thackeray-led government will overcome this crisis and the floor test will prove it, said NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde interacts with supporting MLAs at a hotel in Guwahati on Thursday. (Photo: PTI) Maharashtra News Highlights, June 23, 2022: The newly appointed Shiv Sena legislature party leader Ajay Choudhari met the acting speaker Narhari Zhirwal on Thursday asking him to take action against the 12 MLAs who have joined the Eknath Shinde faction for violating party discipline. Speaking to The Indian Express, Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant said, “We had called for two meetings on June 22 and a whip was issued by Sunil Prabhu. These MLAs were given notices and asked why they were not present. Some gave explanations, but they may be real or fake. Hence, we have sought their disqualification.” Maharashtra Political Crisis | As the Shiv Sena appeared to offer a compromise by saying that it was ready to move out of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra if the rebel MLAs returned within 24 hours, the Nationalist Congress Party said that it would stick by CM Uddhav Thackeray till the end as the current government has the ability to win a floor test if proper procedures are followed. “I have seen many such situations in Maharashtra and I am confident that the Uddhav...

The war of words between the two alliance partners in Maharashtra broke out after Shrikant Shinde hit out at BJP local leaders accusing them of engaging in selfish politics. ALSO READ | Shrikant Shinde's remark was triggered by BJP leaders' move to pass a resolution not to support his father Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Hitting out at the Shinde faction, saffron party leader and MLA Sanjay Kelkar claimed that no one can win in Thane district without the help of the BJP. "Be it Thane, Kalyan or Palghar, wasn't all these Lok Sabha constituencies once owned by the BJP," Kelkar asked his party cadre during a meeting of Maha Jan Sampark Abhiyan in Thane. Meanwhile, without taking names, Shinde camp's spokesperson Naresh Mhaske pointed out that when senior leaders make decisions, street leaders like us must recognise our limits and must speak within those limitations. "Be it Shiv Sena or BJP, everyone has benefited from power," Mhaske said. ALSO READ | It all started after Kalyan's two-term MP Shrikant Shinde had offered his resignation after the resolution of not supporting Shiv Sena was passed by the local BJP unit on Friday. "I personally do not aspire for any post. Senior leaders of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance will take the decision of who to nominate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections," Shrikant Shinde said. "Even if I am not nominated, we will unanimously campaign for whoever is the candidate and make him win. Our aim is to form a BJP-Shiv...

MLA Ravindra Waikar has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for three consecutive terms in 2009, 2014 and 2019. In the year 2014 he took charge as Maharashtra's minister of state, Higher & Technical Education. Waikar is one of the oldest and most trusted leader of Shiv Sena. In the previous Devendra Fadnavis-led government, Ravindra Waiker held the post of Minister of State, housing, higher and technical education minister. Waiker is the Shivsena MLA from Mumbai Jogeshwari East constituency.