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.
The official announcement came at the Ajit Pawar-le NCP's national convention 2026 organised in Worli here on Thursday.
Raut alleged that civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is a “corrupt department” and claimed that it enjoys political protection, questioning why the police has refused Sharad Pawar-led NCP MLA Rohit Pawar's demand to file an FIR against the DGCA.
As reported earlier, elections to 37 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states are scheduled for March 16, while the tenure of seven MPs from Maharashtra, including that of NCP founder Sharad Pawar, will come to an end shortly.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena leader Bhaskar Jadhav revealed the reason NCP founder Sharad Pawar chose to deliberately downplay the late Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's air crash as “an accident” immediately after the tragic incident, during his condolence address at the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly here on Monday.
The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday strongly criticised the Mahayuti government, likening their political conduct to the hubris of the antagonist Duryodhana from the Mahabharata.
