Maharashtra Crisis Highlights: SC to hear Shinde's plea against Sena on June 27

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has approached the Supreme Court, challenging the disqualification notices issued by the Deputy Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly to him and 15 other MLAs, supporting him.

Maharashtra crisis: What comes next for rebel Shiv Sena group?

With time running out, the best option for the Shiv Sena rebels is to seek merger with a political party but for the Eknath Shinde-backed group things would not be that easy.

The rebels were initially planning to name their group as Shiv Sena-Balasaheb Thackeray and get them recognised as a separate group in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.Read more

Uday Samant with Eknath Shinde in Guwahati. Credit: Special arrangement

Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde approaches Supreme Court against the disqualification notices issued by the Dy Speaker against rebel Maharashtra MLAs. Plea also challenges the appointment of Ajay Chaudhary as the Shiv Sena's legislative leader in the House in place of Shinde. (ANI)

Maharashtra Minister of Higher & Technical Education joins Shinde camp at Guwahati

Maharashtra rebel MLAs file an appeal in Supreme Court against Shiv Sena's move to disqualify 16 MLAs: Report

Maharashtra rebel MLAs file an appeal inSupreme Court against Shiv Sena's move to disqualify 16 MLAs: Report

Rebel MLAs in Guwahati are living corpses, their souls are dead, says Raut

"40 MLAs in Guwahati are living corpses, their souls are dead. Their bodies will be sent directly to the Assembly for post-mortem when they come back. They know what can happen in the fire that has been lit here,"Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in Mumbai. (ANI)

The Sena I know wouldn't digest such rebellion, says Pawar

"The Shiv Sena that I know would not digest such rebellion," said NCP supremo Sharad Pawar

'Do you want to be CM,' Uddhav has asked Shinde on May 20

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has asked Eknath Shinde on May 20 if he wanted to be Chief Minister. "On May 20, Uddhav Thackeray called Eknath Shinde to Varsha. There he asked him straightaway whether he wants to be the Chief Minister...but Eknath Shinde spoke of other issues and side-stepped the main question...and the rebellion comes on June 20," Thackeray's son and state Tourism Minister Aaditya Thackeray said.

Legal action against 16 rebel MLAs initiated: Arvind Sawant

Political turbulence is going on in Maharashtra, many MLAs defected and have gone to Assam. We have initiated the legal action against them and notice has been served to 16 MLAs till now.: Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant. (ANI)

Shiv Sena's doors are open for those who want to leave and those who want to return to the party. Those rebel MLAs who are traitors will not be taken back into the party: Shiv Sena leader & Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray (ANI)

Uday Sawant, Maharashtra Minister of Higher & Technical Education joins Eknath Shinde faction at Guwahati. He is the 8th minister to join the Shinde camp: Sources

Shiv Sena workers protest against party rebels; say 'traitors' won't be forgiven

Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra following a rebellion by senior Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde and others, the loyalists of party president and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took out a two-wheeler rally in Mumbai and held protests in parts of Pune against the dissident leaders on Sunday.

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Road to Vidhan Bhavan from airport goes via Worli: Aaditya warns Sena rebels in Guwahati

In a subtle warning to the Shiv Sena rebels currently camping in Guwahati, party leader and cabinet minister Aaditya Thackeray has said the road from Mumbai airport to Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature complex here, goes via Worli. Worli, traditionally a Shiv Sena bastion in Mumbai, is the assembly constituency represented by Aaditya Thackeray. Addressing the party workers on Saturday evening, the 30-year-old son of Shiv Sena president and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, also said there was no place for "traitors" in the party.

The rebel MLAs are in a Guwahati hotel like Bigg Boss house : Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut

Central government has provided 'Y+' category armed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security cover to 15 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs: Sources

Resign and contest elections: Sanjay Raut tells rebels

Daring the Eknath Shinde-backed rebel MLAs, the Shiv Sena on Sunday asked them to resign and contest elections and come back from Guwahati to Mumbai Chowpatty.

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Maharashtra Crisis: Sharad Pawar reviews situation

Leading the efforts to salvage the Maha Vikas Aghadi, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday held a meeting with top leaders even as Shiv Sena was mulling launching action against the rebels in Eknath Shinde's camp.

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BJP ready to form Maharashtra government, says Murugesh Nirani

The BJP would form government in Maharashtra if the Shiv Sena rebel MLAs supported, Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said here on Saturday.

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Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde calls a meeting of MLAs at 12 PM in Guwahati hotel, to discuss further strategy

'Those who left, left for good', says Aaditya Thackeray

Looking at the last 2-4 days in Maharashtra, it feels that those who left, left for good... the entire country saw that the person who did the most powerful work during Covid-19 had to leave his official residence: Maharashtra Minister & Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray

Lakhs of rupees are being spent on our MLAs who were forcibly taken there; Rs 9 lakhs a day. Lakhs of flood-affected people are there in the very same Assam, they are left on their own. For the first time, the Opposition is supporting a faction leaving the ruling party: Aaditya Thackeray

We're ready to fight again if you've to power to fight without Shiv Sena. We won't let traitors win at any cost now...after this incident, WB CM Mamata Banerjee & Cong Pres Sonia Gandhi called CM (Uddhav Thackeray): Maharashtra Minister & Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray

BJP ready to form Maharashtra government, says Murugesh Nirani

The BJP would form government in Maharashtra if the Shiv Sena rebel MLAs supported, Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said here on Saturday.

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My fight is to rescue Shiv Sena from 'python of MVA,' says Eknath Shinde

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on late Saturday evening said Shiv Sena workers should understand that he was fighting to save the party from the clutches of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).

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