Maharashtra Political Unrest Live | Rebel Shiv Sena MLA arrive in Assam

Following poll results, Sena Leader and MVA Minister Eknath Shinde is said to have taken 11 MLAs from the party with him in what appears to be a rebellion within the Saffron Party against Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray. In Monday’s council poll, a total of 12 Seine MLAs cross-voted for the BJP candidates.

Shiv Sena removed Eknath Shinde from the position of leader of the Legislative Party.

Sources in Surat confirmed that more than a dozen lawmakers from Maharashtra have stayed at the Le Meridien Hotel. “The legislators checked in late last night,” the sources said, adding that there is a heavy police deployment in the area where the hotel is located.

“Attempts are being made to use Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka patterns in Maharashtra. But it won’t work here. You cannot attack Sena like it was done in other states,” Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said.

Hundreds of party workers began to gather at the Shiv Sena Bhavan in Mumbai, the number increasing by the hour, most of them furious at the challenge thrown at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Two successive defeats of the ruling MVA candidates in the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council polls and the subsequent rebellion of senior Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde have brought Uddhav Thackeray’s government to the brink and given it the BJP a lead in Maharashtra with the spotlight on former PM Devendra. Fadnavis.

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Here are the latest updates

8:08 a.m.

Rebel Shiv Sena MLA arrive in Assam

A charter flight carrying Shiv Sena MLAs, who rebelled against the party causing a crisis in the MVA government in Maharashtra, arrived here early Wednesday morning.

The sources said the flight from Surat in Gujarat landed at Guwahati’s Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at around 6:30 am.

The exact number of Shiv Sena rebel MLAs on the flight is not immediately known, but the flight had 89 passengers, including crew, on board, the sources said. -PTI

8 a.m.

I have 40 MLA with me: says Shinde from Guwahati

Eknath Shinde, the leader of the rebellion in the Shiv Sena government, claimed on Wednesday that he has 40 MLA with him.

Mr. Shinde, who arrived at the Guwahati airport, spoke to reporters for the first time since his decision to rebel against his own party.

June 21

Shiv Sena hosts its MLAs in Mumbai hotels to prevent poaching

The Shiv Sena has housed its MLAs in different hotels in Mumbai after its chief leader and Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde revolted against the party and camped out in Surat in Gujarat along with some dissenting lawmakers, an MLA said on Tuesday. the night.

The party’s MLAs have been staying at different hotels in Mumbai, the city’s MLA said.

This has been done to prevent poaching of lawmakers, the MLA said. -PTI

June 21

Shinde urged Thackeray to renew ties with BJP, says Sena leader

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Monday urged Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray to renew the party’s alliance with the BJP, a senior Sena leader said.

The leader said that Thackeray had sent his confidant Milind Narvekar and Shinde aide Ravindra Phatak to Surat to speak with the rebel leader, who has been camping there along with other Sena MLAs since Monday night. A call was made to Mr. Thackeray from Surat, the leader said. -PTI

June 21

Minister of Sena Shinde meets with MLA Nitin Deshmukh at Surat hospital

Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde, who is camping in a hotel in Gujarat’s Surat city along with other Shiv Sena rebel MLAs, met with party lawmaker Nitin Deshmukh at the civilian hospital here on Tuesday night, sources said.

Mr. Deshmukh was rushed to the civilian hospital from the hotel on Monday night after his health deteriorated, they said, but did not elaborate on the nature of his ailment that led to hospitalization. -PTI

June 21

BJP explores possibility of government formation in Maharashtra, says BJP leader

A senior Maharashtra BJP leader said late Tuesday that his party was exploring the possibility of forming a government in the state, amid a crisis in ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi due to Shiv Sena leader Eknath’s rebellion. Shinde, as party leaders held a series of meetings. to define a strategy.

Speaking to PTI on condition of anonymity, the leader, who had served as a minister in the former government of Devendra Fadnavis, added that “our priority is the smooth transition of power.” -PTI