The Supreme Court refused to urgently list a plea filed against the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's recent decision to recognise the merger of six rebel Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MPs with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, sources said here on Tuesday.
Uddhav Thackeray led chants of the Ram Raksha Stotra and Hanuman Chalisa, turning a religious ritual into a pointed political protest against alleged mismanagement of Ram Temple funds.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray announced that his party will launch a protest movement against the theft of Ram Temple donations, which he alleged were used to purchase Opposition MPs, engineer their defections and split these organisations.
With six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs and several MLAs and corporators recently jumping ship to join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the buzz that attempts to “poach” are continuing in Maharashtra, the chatter now is that Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar is contemplating safer options for his party and daughter Supriya Sule.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray predicted on Thursday that Devendra Fadnavis will cease to be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra as he will be accommodated in the Union Cabinet soon.
Hundreds of local-level workers from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and Congress, along with prominent Thackeray-led Sena leaders from Washim, Karanja, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Akola, Bhiwandi, and Kalyan, joined the Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena party in the presence of Shinde himself, on Friday, giving a fillip to 'Operation Tiger'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray on his birth anniversary, saying he was uncompromising when it came to his core beliefs and always contributed towards enhancing the pride of Indian culture
The party's Delhi Pradesh Chief Sandeep Chaudhary officially handed over the letter of support to Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva.
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Milind Deora on Tuesday wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, demanding a thorough audit of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants across Maharashtra and act against them, in the wake of the recent attack on actor Saif Ali Khan.
M S Bhuvanachandran, founder of Shiv Sena’s Kerala unit, has left the party following disenchantment with the style of working of Uddhav Thackeray.
