Six Lok Sabha MPs of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) switched to the rival faction led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday.
The defections have reduced the Uddhav Sena’s strength in the Lok Sabha to three MPs and increased the Shinde faction’s tally to 13.
The MPs who have switched sides are Hingoli MP Nagesh Patil Ashtikar, Omprakash Nimbalkar from Osmanabad, Mumbai North-East MP Sanjay Dina Patil, Sanjay Deshmukh from Yavatmal-Washim, Sanjay Jadhav from Parbhani and Bhausaheb Wakchaure from Shirdi.
On Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis described the act of splitting the Uddhav Sena’s Lok Sabha MPs as an “operation” and said that it had been successful, India Today reported.
Shinde said that “we don’t leave operations incomplete, we complete what we take up”.
Meanwhile, Uddhav Thackeray on Monday held a meeting with party leaders in Mumbai to discuss “upcoming political developments, organisational matters and the legislature’s strategy”, ANI reported.
He has also called for an emergency meeting of all party legislators, reported The Indian Express on Monday. There have been speculations that the Shinde Sena may try to persuade MLAs, MLCs, and municipal corporators of the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction to defect.
On Friday, Uddhav Thackeray offered an apology to voters who had elected the rebel MPs. He had said that he was willing to resign...
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