Maharashtra: Shiv Sena MLAs fight over Uddhav Thackeray's insistence on CM post
5 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena MLAs fight over Uddhav Thackeray's insistence on CM post

Op India  

In a significant development in Maharashtra politics, massive unrest is being reported within Shiv Sena resulting in party chief Uddhav Thackeray allowing the legislators to return to their respective constituencies, reports Times Now. According to the reports, amidst the ongoing power tussle in Maharashtra, a fight erupted between Shiv Sena elected MLAs as they engaged in abusive arguments over Uddhav Thackeray’s insistence on the post of Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Read: 5% reservations to Muslims to be part of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress govt in Maharashtra, journalist claims The Shiv Sena MLAs were reportedly angry about the entire party being held to ransom over the whims of Uddhav Thackeray. The alliance between BJP and Shiv Sena failed because of Shiv Sena’s insistence that the Chief Minister post should be reserved for Shiv Sena’s Aditya Thackeray.

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Live Mint  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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India Today  

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Hindustan Times  

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Top News
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Triangular Showdown in Mahim: Shiv Sena, UBT, and MNS Battle for Assembly Seat

The Hindu  

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

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Hindustan Times  

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3 months, 1 week ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Will not take back MLAs who defected for power and money: Uddhav Thackeray
3 months, 1 week ago

Will not take back MLAs who defected for power and money: Uddhav Thackeray

Hindustan Times  

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

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News 18  

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Shiv Sena MLA Offers Rs 11 Lakh ‘Reward’ For ‘Chopping Off Rahul Gandhi’s Tongue’, BJP Responds
3 months, 4 weeks ago

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ABP News  

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Maharashtra assembly polls will be a fight to protect self-respect of state: Uddhav Thackeray at MVA meeting
5 months ago

Maharashtra assembly polls will be a fight to protect self-respect of state: Uddhav Thackeray at MVA meeting

India TV News  

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday at the MVA meeting said that the Maharashtra assembly elections will be a fight to protect self-respect of the state. Uddhav Thackeray also said, "Let's decide the CM face of Maha Vikas Aghadi, I will support it. Uddhav accuses Eknath Shinde of bowing before Delhi Last week, Uddhav Thackeray accused Maharashtra Chief …

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5 months ago

Raj Thackeray asks his men to stop attack on political rivals after “befitting reply”

Hindustan Times  

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Who is the real Shiv Sena?: SC to consider Uddhav Thackeray group's plea against Eknath Shinde, MLAs on August 7
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is the real Shiv Sena?: SC to consider Uddhav Thackeray group's plea against Eknath Shinde, MLAs on August 7

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 30 said it will hear on August 7 a plea of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena faction challenging Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s order declaring the Shiv Sena bloc led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the “real political party” after its split in June 2022. The bench, on July 29, had said it would hear …

Sena Vs Sena: Supreme Court to consider listing of Uddhav Thackeray group's plea against Maharashtra CM Shinde, MLAs
6 months ago

Sena Vs Sena: Supreme Court to consider listing of Uddhav Thackeray group's plea against Maharashtra CM Shinde, MLAs

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 10 agreed to consider listing of a plea of the Uddhav Thackeray faction challenging Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar's order declaring the Shiv Sena bloc led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the "real political party" after its split in June 2022. On January 22, the top court had issued notices to the Chief …

Sharad Pawar on Uddhav Thackeray as CM face of Oppn in Maharashtra: ‘One person can’t…'
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Sharad Pawar on Uddhav Thackeray as CM face of Oppn in Maharashtra: ‘One person can’t…'

Hindustan Times  

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday dismissed projecting a single leader as the chief ministerial candidate even as Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut demanded to project Uddhav Thackeray as the opposition alliance MVA's chief ministerial candidate. Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray during a joint press conference on June 15. I am sure Rahul Gandhi …

‘Where has your Hindutva gone?’: Eknath Shinde jabs Uddhav Thackeray on Shiv Sena foundation day
6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Where has your Hindutva gone?’: Eknath Shinde jabs Uddhav Thackeray on Shiv Sena foundation day

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday lashed out Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, saying the former chief minister has no right to seek votes in the name of Bal Thackeray. “Where has your Hindutva gone, you have no right to seek votes in Balasaheb Thackeray’s name,” Shinde said at a rally to mark the foundation day of the undivided …

Shiv Sena's 'liberal' turn under Uddhav Thackeray yields good results for MVA in Maharashtra
7 months, 1 week ago

Shiv Sena's 'liberal' turn under Uddhav Thackeray yields good results for MVA in Maharashtra

Firstpost  

Till five years ago, Uddhav Thackeray appeared to be a reluctant and diffident politician carrying the burden of his father Bal Thackeray’s legacy, but he reinvented himself and his party after severing ties with old ally BJP and throwing his lot with the Congress and NCP. The Shiv Sena head soon emerged as the face of the opposition’s Maha Vikas …

Maharashtra’s war of factions | Sena Vs Sena on 13 seats; NCP Vs NCP on two
8 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra’s war of factions | Sena Vs Sena on 13 seats; NCP Vs NCP on two

The Hindu  

Maharashtra is in for an unprecedented Lok Sabha season as they have two rival alliances, each with a Shiv Sena and a Nationalist Congress Party faction to choose from. Mr. Desai will face incumbent Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale who has been fielded by Shinde’s faction. Hatkanangale Sitting MP Dhairyasheel Mane has been fielded by Shiv Sena to face Sena …

Maha News | An intriguing electoral battle is unfolding in Mumbai
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Maha News | An intriguing electoral battle is unfolding in Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

With the announcement of two Shiv Sena candidates and one Congress candidate, the picture of the contest in Mumbai was finally clear on Tuesday evening. Out of six constituencies in the city, Shiv Sena will contest four seats, while chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and its alliance partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party, will contest three each. The ruling alliance …

BJP, Shiv Sena likely to get 3 Maharashtra seats each in final call
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP, Shiv Sena likely to get 3 Maharashtra seats each in final call

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The ruling Mahayuti is yet to take a call on the final seat-share numbers even though there are only two days remaining to issue the notification for the fifth and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Three of the six contentious constituencies are Nashik, Thane and Mumbai South on which both parties have staked their claim; while from …

Uddhav Sena, Congress seal seat-share deal but Mumbai seats bone of contention
9 months ago

Uddhav Sena, Congress seal seat-share deal but Mumbai seats bone of contention

India Today  

The Opposition INDIA bloc has finalised a seat-sharing deal in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. However, the allocation has now dwindled to just two seats, with the Shiv Sena claiming majority seats, leaving Mumbai North Central and Mumbai North to Congress. A faction within Congress had been pushing hard to secure the Mumbai South Central seat, as the …

Uddhav Thackeray's close aide MLA Ravindra Waikar joins Shinde-led Shiv Sena ahead of Lok Sabha elections
10 months ago

Uddhav Thackeray's close aide MLA Ravindra Waikar joins Shinde-led Shiv Sena ahead of Lok Sabha elections

India TV News  

Shiv Sena MLA Ravindra Waikar on Sunday joined the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Waikar, an MLA from Mumbai's Jogeshwari area, is a close aide of Uddhav Thackeray. He switched to Shinde's Sena in the presence of Mahrashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at 'Varsha', the official residence of the CM …

Sena Vs Sena: SC to hear Uddhav faction plea challenging Maharashtra Speaker's decision in April
10 months, 1 week ago

Sena Vs Sena: SC to hear Uddhav faction plea challenging Maharashtra Speaker's decision in April

India TV News  

The Supreme Court to hear a petition by the Shiv Sena-Uddhav faction challenging the Maharashtra Speaker's refusal to disqualify MLAs of the Eknath Shinde group in the second week of April. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sent for the original documents after the Shinde faction alleged forgery in the records …

Thackeray Faction Lawyer Alleges Shiv Sena MLAs Molested Air Hostess In Guwahati Hotel
10 months, 1 week ago

Thackeray Faction Lawyer Alleges Shiv Sena MLAs Molested Air Hostess In Guwahati Hotel

Deccan Chronicle  

A social activist in Maharashtra, advocate Asim Sarode, has levelled serious allegations saying that MLAs of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena tried to molest an air hostess while staying in a Guwahati hotel. Sarode, who was also part of the Shiv Sena UBT’s legal team in the disqualification petitions filed before the Assembly speaker, alleged that two MLAs who tried …

Shinde MLAs come to blows in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha over project approvals
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Shinde MLAs come to blows in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha over project approvals

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: A major scuffle broke out between two Shiv Sena MLAs of the Shinde faction in the corridor of Vidhan Bhavan over the approval of project files during the Maharashtra state assembly’s interim budget session on Friday. Shiv Sena minister Dada Bhuse and another Sena MLA Mahendra Thorwe, engaged in a verbal altercation, which turned into a physical brawl with …

Thackeray eyes more than 20 LS seats as MVA yet to finalise allocations
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Thackeray eyes more than 20 LS seats as MVA yet to finalise allocations

Hindustan Times  

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday appointed coordinators for 18 of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, though the four partners in the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi are yet to hammer out a seat-sharing formula. In Mumbai, the party is going to fight for four seats - Mumbai North West, Mumbai North East, Mumbai South Central, and South Mumbai. …

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