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By India Today News Desk: Uday Samant, Maharashtra's Minister of Industries, has claimed 13 MLAs from the Uddhav Thackeray group and 20 from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra are in touch with the Shiv Sena (Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction). Further, Samant said former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had a secret meeting with CM Shinde at Mahabaleshwar. Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena (UBT) is making efforts to win at least 100 seats in the 2024 Assembly polls in Maharashtra, its leader and MLC Ambadas Danve told PTI on Thursday. The plan is to scout for winnable candidates and also to concentrate on seats where the party came second in the 2019 Assembly Polls, Danve, who is Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, told PTI. The two parties together got more than 150 seats in the 288-member House. However, the Sena split in June last year after the rebellion by Eknath Shinde, which brought down Uddhav Thackeray's Maha Vikas Aghadi government. "We are looking for the right candidate for seats which were with MLAs who joined the Eknath Shinde faction. Also, seats where we were second, like 27 seats in Marathwada. We plan to contest such seats with full power," Danve said. He claimed the Eknath Shinde government is in a fragile state as the support base of the Sena remains with Uddhav Thackeray. In an apparent reference to speculation about Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and talk of his closeness to the BJP, the Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC, witho...

• Mr Shinde's explosive move comes shortly after Team Uddav Thackeray fought back, filing disqualification applications for 12 rebels with the Deputy Speaker, which may help tweak the numbers in the Assembly in case of a trust vote. Eknath Shinde has argued that the application is illegal. • "Who are you trying to scare? We know your make-up and the law too! According to the 10th Schedule to the Constitution (Schedule) the whip is for assembly work, not for meeting. There are numerous Supreme Court decisions in this regard," tweeted Eknath Shinde. The Sena had threatened MLAs who skipped a legislature party meeting called by Uddhav Thackeray On Wednesday with disqualification. • Eknath Shinde has reached the critical number of MLAs, 37, required to split the party in the assembly without falling foul of the anti-defection law. His total strength is now 42. Two more MLAs, Dada Bhuse and Sanjay Rathore and one MLC, Ravibdra Fathak, had joined his team in Guwahati in the evening. • Earlier today, the Shiv Sena said it would consider exiting the Maharashtra alliance with Sharad Pawar's NCP and Congress but only if the rebels return "in 24 hours". • But what appeared a capitulation was accompanied by a threat. These MLAs who have left... they will find it difficult to return and move around in Maharashtra," Mr Raut had added. • The BJP has denied the accusation of engineering an "Operation Lotus" in Maharashtra. Videos from the Guwahati hotel where the rebels are staying, howev...

Mumbai, Jun 21: Hundreds of Shiv Sena workers gathered outside the Shiv Sena headquarters in Mumbai on Tuesday to express solidarity with party president Uddhav Thackeray battling the rebellion by Sena minister Eknath Shinde who has gone incommunicado with some MLAs of the party and camping in Surat. The Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra appears to be in crisis after Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde and some MLAs of his party have gone incommunicado and camping in Surat, a day after suspected cross-voting in MLC polls, putting a question mark on the stability of the MVA dispensation. Hundreds of party workers started assembling at Shiv Sena Bhavan as news of Shinde's rebellion broke in the morning, most of them irate over the challenge thrown at Chief Minister and party president Thackeray. "This protest will continue against whoever betrays the Shiv Sena. Our leader Uddhav Thackeray will overcome all these problems and emerge victorious," one woman at the site said. "When (party founder) Balasaheb (Thackeray) was alive, he used to say look after Uddhav the way you all have supported me. This is what we are doing. We are all here to support Uddhav Thackeray," another party worker said. As emotions among the workers of the cadre-based party ran high, a heavy posse of police, including women personnel, was at hand to ensure the situation did not go out of hand, officials said. In Nashik city in north Maharashtra, Sena office-bearers and activists, including wome...

• Mr Shinde's explosive move comes shortly after Team Uddav Thackeray fought back, filing disqualification applications for 12 rebels with the Deputy Speaker, which may help tweak the numbers in the Assembly in case of a trust vote. Eknath Shinde has argued that the application is illegal. • "Who are you trying to scare? We know your make-up and the law too! According to the 10th Schedule to the Constitution (Schedule) the whip is for assembly work, not for meeting. There are numerous Supreme Court decisions in this regard," tweeted Eknath Shinde. The Sena had threatened MLAs who skipped a legislature party meeting called by Uddhav Thackeray On Wednesday with disqualification. • Eknath Shinde has reached the critical number of MLAs, 37, required to split the party in the assembly without falling foul of the anti-defection law. His total strength is now 42. Two more MLAs, Dada Bhuse and Sanjay Rathore and one MLC, Ravibdra Fathak, had joined his team in Guwahati in the evening. • Earlier today, the Shiv Sena said it would consider exiting the Maharashtra alliance with Sharad Pawar's NCP and Congress but only if the rebels return "in 24 hours". • But what appeared a capitulation was accompanied by a threat. These MLAs who have left... they will find it difficult to return and move around in Maharashtra," Mr Raut had added. • The BJP has denied the accusation of engineering an "Operation Lotus" in Maharashtra. Videos from the Guwahati hotel where the rebels are staying, howev...

By India Today News Desk: Uday Samant, Maharashtra's Minister of Industries, has claimed 13 MLAs from the Uddhav Thackeray group and 20 from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra are in touch with the Shiv Sena (Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction). Further, Samant said former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had a secret meeting with CM Shinde at Mahabaleshwar. Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena (UBT) is making efforts to win at least 100 seats in the 2024 Assembly polls in Maharashtra, its leader and MLC Ambadas Danve told PTI on Thursday. The plan is to scout for winnable candidates and also to concentrate on seats where the party came second in the 2019 Assembly Polls, Danve, who is Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, told PTI. The two parties together got more than 150 seats in the 288-member House. However, the Sena split in June last year after the rebellion by Eknath Shinde, which brought down Uddhav Thackeray's Maha Vikas Aghadi government. "We are looking for the right candidate for seats which were with MLAs who joined the Eknath Shinde faction. Also, seats where we were second, like 27 seats in Marathwada. We plan to contest such seats with full power," Danve said. He claimed the Eknath Shinde government is in a fragile state as the support base of the Sena remains with Uddhav Thackeray. In an apparent reference to speculation about Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and talk of his closeness to the BJP, the Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC, witho...

Mumbai, Jun 21: Hundreds of Shiv Sena workers gathered outside the Shiv Sena headquarters in Mumbai on Tuesday to express solidarity with party president Uddhav Thackeray battling the rebellion by Sena minister Eknath Shinde who has gone incommunicado with some MLAs of the party and camping in Surat. The Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra appears to be in crisis after Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde and some MLAs of his party have gone incommunicado and camping in Surat, a day after suspected cross-voting in MLC polls, putting a question mark on the stability of the MVA dispensation. Hundreds of party workers started assembling at Shiv Sena Bhavan as news of Shinde's rebellion broke in the morning, most of them irate over the challenge thrown at Chief Minister and party president Thackeray. "This protest will continue against whoever betrays the Shiv Sena. Our leader Uddhav Thackeray will overcome all these problems and emerge victorious," one woman at the site said. "When (party founder) Balasaheb (Thackeray) was alive, he used to say look after Uddhav the way you all have supported me. This is what we are doing. We are all here to support Uddhav Thackeray," another party worker said. As emotions among the workers of the cadre-based party ran high, a heavy posse of police, including women personnel, was at hand to ensure the situation did not go out of hand, officials said. In Nashik city in north Maharashtra, Sena office-bearers and activists, including wome...

• Mr Shinde's explosive move comes shortly after Team Uddav Thackeray fought back, filing disqualification applications for 12 rebels with the Deputy Speaker, which may help tweak the numbers in the Assembly in case of a trust vote. Eknath Shinde has argued that the application is illegal. • "Who are you trying to scare? We know your make-up and the law too! According to the 10th Schedule to the Constitution (Schedule) the whip is for assembly work, not for meeting. There are numerous Supreme Court decisions in this regard," tweeted Eknath Shinde. The Sena had threatened MLAs who skipped a legislature party meeting called by Uddhav Thackeray On Wednesday with disqualification. • Eknath Shinde has reached the critical number of MLAs, 37, required to split the party in the assembly without falling foul of the anti-defection law. His total strength is now 42. Two more MLAs, Dada Bhuse and Sanjay Rathore and one MLC, Ravibdra Fathak, had joined his team in Guwahati in the evening. • Earlier today, the Shiv Sena said it would consider exiting the Maharashtra alliance with Sharad Pawar's NCP and Congress but only if the rebels return "in 24 hours". • But what appeared a capitulation was accompanied by a threat. These MLAs who have left... they will find it difficult to return and move around in Maharashtra," Mr Raut had added. • The BJP has denied the accusation of engineering an "Operation Lotus" in Maharashtra. Videos from the Guwahati hotel where the rebels are staying, howev...

By India Today News Desk: Uday Samant, Maharashtra's Minister of Industries, has claimed 13 MLAs from the Uddhav Thackeray group and 20 from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra are in touch with the Shiv Sena (Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction). Further, Samant said former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had a secret meeting with CM Shinde at Mahabaleshwar. Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena (UBT) is making efforts to win at least 100 seats in the 2024 Assembly polls in Maharashtra, its leader and MLC Ambadas Danve told PTI on Thursday. The plan is to scout for winnable candidates and also to concentrate on seats where the party came second in the 2019 Assembly Polls, Danve, who is Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, told PTI. The two parties together got more than 150 seats in the 288-member House. However, the Sena split in June last year after the rebellion by Eknath Shinde, which brought down Uddhav Thackeray's Maha Vikas Aghadi government. "We are looking for the right candidate for seats which were with MLAs who joined the Eknath Shinde faction. Also, seats where we were second, like 27 seats in Marathwada. We plan to contest such seats with full power," Danve said. He claimed the Eknath Shinde government is in a fragile state as the support base of the Sena remains with Uddhav Thackeray. In an apparent reference to speculation about Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and talk of his closeness to the BJP, the Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC, witho...

Mumbai, Jun 21: Hundreds of Shiv Sena workers gathered outside the Shiv Sena headquarters in Mumbai on Tuesday to express solidarity with party president Uddhav Thackeray battling the rebellion by Sena minister Eknath Shinde who has gone incommunicado with some MLAs of the party and camping in Surat. The Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra appears to be in crisis after Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde and some MLAs of his party have gone incommunicado and camping in Surat, a day after suspected cross-voting in MLC polls, putting a question mark on the stability of the MVA dispensation. Hundreds of party workers started assembling at Shiv Sena Bhavan as news of Shinde's rebellion broke in the morning, most of them irate over the challenge thrown at Chief Minister and party president Thackeray. "This protest will continue against whoever betrays the Shiv Sena. Our leader Uddhav Thackeray will overcome all these problems and emerge victorious," one woman at the site said. "When (party founder) Balasaheb (Thackeray) was alive, he used to say look after Uddhav the way you all have supported me. This is what we are doing. We are all here to support Uddhav Thackeray," another party worker said. As emotions among the workers of the cadre-based party ran high, a heavy posse of police, including women personnel, was at hand to ensure the situation did not go out of hand, officials said. In Nashik city in north Maharashtra, Sena office-bearers and activists, including wome...

Mumbai, Jun 21: Hundreds of Shiv Sena workers gathered outside the Shiv Sena headquarters in Mumbai on Tuesday to express solidarity with party president Uddhav Thackeray battling the rebellion by Sena minister Eknath Shinde who has gone incommunicado with some MLAs of the party and camping in Surat. The Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra appears to be in crisis after Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde and some MLAs of his party have gone incommunicado and camping in Surat, a day after suspected cross-voting in MLC polls, putting a question mark on the stability of the MVA dispensation. Hundreds of party workers started assembling at Shiv Sena Bhavan as news of Shinde's rebellion broke in the morning, most of them irate over the challenge thrown at Chief Minister and party president Thackeray. "This protest will continue against whoever betrays the Shiv Sena. Our leader Uddhav Thackeray will overcome all these problems and emerge victorious," one woman at the site said. "When (party founder) Balasaheb (Thackeray) was alive, he used to say look after Uddhav the way you all have supported me. This is what we are doing. We are all here to support Uddhav Thackeray," another party worker said. As emotions among the workers of the cadre-based party ran high, a heavy posse of police, including women personnel, was at hand to ensure the situation did not go out of hand, officials said. In Nashik city in north Maharashtra, Sena office-bearers and activists, including wome...