Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction name and symbol is Shiv Sena
Mumbai:
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction expects all party leaders to be invited to join the assembly segment amid a rift with Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction.
Last year, the Shiv Sena said it would represent all party leaders, after the Election Commission gave the Shiv Sena’s name and the bow and arrow party symbol to the faction led by Mr Shinde, who revolted against Mr Thackeray and ousted him as chief minister. , regardless of factional allegiance.
“There is only one Shiv Sena. We have a party name and symbol. Everyone should stand with us and do what we say. If not, we’ll see what happens. you have to deal with them in two weeks,” Bharat Gogawale, Shiv Sena’s chief whip, told the Maharashtra Assembly.
The Shiv Sena yesterday assured the Supreme Court that the party will not take action against any leader who defies the Chief Whip’s orders for at least two weeks.
According to Mr. Gogawale, the Shiv Sena will replace the chief whip in the Lok Sabha and Mr. Shinde will announce his name soon.
“Now we will not take any measures against anyone. Our whip is only saying that we should go to the assembly,” he told NDTV.
Mr Gogawale said many MLAs from the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray, were “ready to join us”.
“They come to us. We are in a wait and see situation… So Aaditya Thackeray is declaring everyday that the government will fall today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. But the truth is that we have been running the government for seven months. Even Sharad Pawar told Uddhav Thackeray that our government will not fall. Everyone will come and join us,” said Mr. Gogawale.
Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aaditya Thackeray said the people of Maharashtra knew how Mr Shinde would run an “unconstitutional” government “that would not last for days”.
Sharad Pawar leads the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), an ally of Uddhav Thackeray’s team.
Uddhav Thackeray and other key leaders of his Senate faction met local Senate leaders and workers in the state to strengthen their commitment. Mr. Thackeray’s allegation is that Mr. Shinde is the leader of a group of MLAs who participated in the revolt last year, but is not the one supported by the people of Maharashtra.
The Supreme Court will hear Mr Thackeray’s plea to declare Mr Shinde’s takeover illegal. The case that was not completed yesterday should be considered in the Supreme Court today.
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