Maharashtra State Congress President Harshvardhan Sapkal met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's ‘Matoshree’ residence on Friday, a couple of days after he met NCP founder and supremo Sharad Pawar, in what is being seen as a move to consolidate the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
Balasaheb Kerunath Vikhe, a sugarcane cultivator and member of the Padmashri Vikhe Patil Sahakari Karkhana (cooperative sugar mill), who originally filed the complaint that led to the Supreme Court order, has demanded that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis resign to ensure an impartial investigation.
However, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena's Lok Sabha MP informed Rijiju that he'll not be able to attend the all-party meeting to be presided over by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Thackeray, who is presently holidaying abroad, issued the order to MNS leaders after some second-tier leaders of the party criticised moves to join hands with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena.
Defending strongly the unity between the estranged brothers Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray for 'safeguarding' the interests of Maharashtra and the Marathi language, the Shiv Sena(UBT) in its mouthpiece 'Saamana' editorial on Monday said the two should take steps in the state's interest, and 'if nectar comes out of poison, Maharashtra needs it'.
Shiv Sena (UBT) has unilaterally announced that the party will go solo in the upcoming nagar panchayat, nagar parishad, zilla parishad and municipal corporation elections. Party MP Sanjay Raut announced this here on Saturday.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut is well known for criticising the BJP and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis regularly, but he ended up praising Fadnavis on Friday in Mumbai, surprising several political observers.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena workers barged into the South Mumbai office of a company on Friday and took to task a Bihari manager who used to allegedly mentally harass a Maharashtrian employee and kept saying "Ek Bihari sab pe bhaari" (one Bihari is enough to dominate everybody).
Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to either apologise for Union Minister Amit Shah’s comments on Dr B R Ambedkar, or quit his post.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has accused Ajit-Pawar-led NCP leader Praful Patel of orchestrating efforts to split Sharad Pawar-led NCP.
