Mamata Banerjee promises to extend good hospitality to Sena MLAs
Live MintAmid the political crisis in Maharashtra, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee hit back at BJP for hosting rebel Shiv Sena MLAs in Assam. Unconstitutional: Bengal CM attacks BJP The TMC supremo further asserted that the saffron party has deliberately chosen to "disturb" the Maharashtra government at a time when the presidential polls are approaching. Shinde has maintained that while the NCP and the Congress were growing stronger in the MVA alliance, the Shiv Sena, which heads the governing bloc, and its workers were getting systematically weakened. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday night vacated his official residence, hours after reaching out to Shiv Sena dissidents with an emotional appeal and offering to quit, even as rebel leader Shinde remained defiant and insisted the party should walk out of the "unnatural" ruling alliance MVA, and claimed the support of "enough number" of MLAs.