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Maharashtra Assembly Polls: Tensions are especially high between Congress and Uddhav Thackeray's faction, with heated exchanges reported among party leaders including Congress leader Nana Patole and Shiv Sena UBT Sanjay Raut.
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Ashok Chavan, a senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, joined the BJP on February 13. He has been fielded for the Rajya Sabha elections just a day after his entry into the party.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke about Atal ji and launched a scathing attack on Uddhav Thackeray without naming him regarding the Ram Temple
The strong undercurrent, which emerged from the gram panchayat election poses a serious question of whether the days of Thackeray-Pawar families are over.
I always remember a childhood story ever since Uddhav Thackeray became Chief Minister of Maharashtra with the help of NCP and Congress. BJP and Sena were bound with a common thread of Hindutva but Uddhav preferred to go with NCP and Congress, which are known for `politics of appeasement’ (anti-Hindu).
Responding to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's "khela hoga" taunt at the BJP ahead of the INDIA alliance meeting in Mumbai, BJP leader Agnimitra Paul said that Mamata Banerjee practices "khoon ka khela" in her state.
While everyone was in a lousy mood, considering it to be a lazy monsoon Sunday, Maharashtra Politics was thundered with the masterstroke that Devendra Fadnavis played, shattering yet another political party into two divides.
On hisfirst visit to Ayodhya as chief minister, Shinde lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray's dream come true beginning the construction of the Ram temple.
Its new Twitter profile name has been changed to ShivSena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray. Due to the name change, the account has lost its ‘blue tick’, which indicates that is a verified account. It has also changed the name of its YouTube channel from Shiv Sena to Shiv Sena UBT.
It should be reminded that last year, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government decided to name the sports complex in Mumbai after 18th-century ruler Tipu Sultan.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday (Dec 30) taunted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray for attending the legislative Council for 46 minutes in the entire session.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will move a resolution in the State Assembly on Tuesday (Dec 27) over the border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka, said Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
In a recent editorial pubished in Shiv Sena's 'Saamana', the newspaper has blamed the govt to strategize Covid 19 to stop Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction slammed the Centre over its letter sent to Congress Rahul Gandhi.
Amid the ongoing Maharashtra-Karnataka border row, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday made absurd statements saying that they will enter the neighboring state Karnataka just like "China has entered India".
SC posted for Jan 10 hearing a batch of petitions filed by rival factions belonging to Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde of Shiv Sena group in relation to the Maharashtra political crisis
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) received a major setback as former MLA Krishna Hegde on Monday (Nov 28) joined the Eknath Shinde faction.
After differences emerged between Rahul Gandhi and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction over the Congress leader's comment on Veer Savarkar, Sanjay Raut praises Rahul Gandhi for Bharat Jodo Yatra.
A complaint has been filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making "derogatory remarks" against freedom fighter VD Savarkar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra by Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena leader Vandana Dongre.
Gajanan Kirtikar, one of the senior-most Shiv Sena MPs in Lok Sabha, joined the Eknath camp in his presence during an event at Ravindra Natyamandir in Prabhadevi.
A day after his release from jail, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday (Nov 10) reached NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence. Raut shared with the media that he would also call on Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in 2-4 days to discuss projects pertaining to public welfare.
After completion of the foot march in southern states, Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra led by party leader Rahul Gandhi will enter Maharashtra on Monday (Nov 7). The yatra has already covered parts of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
Election Commission of India on Monday (Oct 10) allotted 'Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)' as the party name to the Udhhav Thackeray faction and the 'flaming torch (Mashal)' as its election symbol ahead of Nov 3 bypoll in Andheri East.
On the eve of Vijayadashami, the people of Maharashtra witnessed yet another political drama with the two groups of Shivsena; one lead by Hindu Hridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackrey's son and Former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray and the other lead by staunch follower of Dharmveer Anand Dighe, Shivsainik and Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde, engaging into a war of words.
Reports suggest that the MMRDA has reportedly turned down the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena's application for another plot in the BKC, saying the plot has already been booked for another event.
While Rohit Kapoor is accused of committing the crime, Kedar Dighe is accused of threatening the victim to ensure she does not go to Police.
After hearing the brief arguments, the top court tagged the plea along with other petitions filed in relation to the Shiv Sena crisis, scheduled for hearing on August 1.
Uddhav camp said in its plea that EC cannot decide upon who the real Shiv Sena is until the disqualification aspect of the MLAs is decided first.
While it is being said that Arjun Khotkar claimed that will never leave the Shiv Sena and join the Shinde faction, this meeting with the Maha CM has definitely sparked discussions.
The poll panel has asked both the factions to file their replies by 1 PM on August 8.
The move comes with an aim to reorganise the structure of NCP following the recent collapse of the MVA government in Maharashtra which is comprised of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP.
The 12 Lok Sabha members wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, recognising Shewale as their leader, expressing no confidence in incumbent Vinayak Raut and retaining 5-term member Bhawna Gawli as chief whip.
The Shinde side slammed the ex-Maharashtra chief minister for not being able to gather the support of even 20 MLAs.
A youth Sena leader from the Uddhav camp claimed that more than 50 office bearers of Yuva Sena would be jumping ship
A top Sena leader said, “After yesterday’s meeting with MPs, our party chief has decided to extend support to NDA presidential nominee. The party MPs wanted a tribal leader to be supported. There is nothing wrong with it."
Mhatre is the first former corporator of Shiv Sena from Mumbai who has openly announced support for Shinde
Thackeray had called the meeting to know for whom the Shiv Sena MPs wanted to cast their vote during the presidential elections.
"As per the law, nobody can snatch away the Bow-Arrow party symbol from the Shiv Sena. Don't worry about it," said Thackeray
With the defection of 66 of the 67 Shiv Sena corporators, Uddhav Thackeray has effectively lost control over TMC.
"We Shiv Sainiks were barred from speaking about Hindutva or Veer Savarkar. During the 2.5 years, Congress had once insulted Veer Savarkar but we were not allowed to speak against the Congress," said Eknath Shinde
As a major setback for Uddhav Thackeray, the newly sworn-in Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis govt won vote of confidence on Monday.
The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri, respond to Mirza's tweet, asking if she was referring to 'planet Bollywood'.
"When anyone misunderstands one's good fortune as one's personal accomplishment, therein begins the journey towards one's decline," said Raj Thackeray's tweet
The decision to change the name of Aurangabad, is a sensitive issue for the Sena that is facing one of its worst crisis in wake of a rebellion by Eknath Shinde leading to a latest crisis from ruling MVA coalition.
In the video, Ranaut says, “Hanuman ji is considered the 12th avatar of Lord Shiva. And when Shiv Sena itself bans Hanuman Chalisa, even Shiva himself can’t save them."
This comes after Leader of Opposition and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis visited the Governor on Tuesday night after returning from Delhi, and submitted a letter to him demanding an immediate floor test.
"We have 50 people with us. We are in majority. We have more than 2/3rd majority and that’s why we are not worried about any floor test. We will pass in whatever process is there," Shinde said
"Rebel Maharashtra MLAs likely to stay for more days at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati, Assam. The hotel was booked till July 5 and the booking can now be extended as per requirement," said reports.
"'Jahalat' (lack of education) is a kind of death and 'Jahil' (uneducated) people are like the walking dead," Raut said in a tweet.
"I have 50 people with me in Guwahati, they have come of their own accord and for Hindutva. We all will go to Mumbai soon," Shinde said.
Uddhav Thackeray has openly shifted his mentorship from the ideology of Hindutva of Balasaheb to the supposedly socialist secular opportunity-driven politics of NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
