Tag: Shiv Sena

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde
Will quit politics if single MLA loses polls, says Eknath Shinde

He reiterated that in the next state elections, his Shiv Sena and ally Bharatiya Janata Party would jointly bag 200 seats - or he would leave politics.

  • Friday, 15 July 2022
Uddhav Thackeray
Shiv Sena to support Draupadi Murmu for President: Thackeray

Sena President Uddhav Thackeray made the formal announcement after a series of consultations with the party MPs, MLAs, and other leaders including tribals.

  • Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Maha CM Eknath Shinde
30 Shiv Sena ex-corporators join Shinde group

The development came a day after 67 ex-corporators of Thane Municipal Corporation met Shinde - who was also the Guardian Minister of Thane in the erstwhile MVA regime - and pledged to work together under his leadership for the progress of the city adjoining Mumbai.

  • Friday, 08 July 2022
Eknath Shinde
Shinde Group seeks disqualification of 14 Sena MLAs except Aaditya Thackeray

The next round is likely to unfold after the Supreme Court hearing in the matter scheduled on July 11.

  • Tuesday, 05 July 2022
Maha CM Eknath Shinde govt to seek 'vote of confidence' today
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde wins House confidence with 164 votes

Deputy CM Fadnavis has expressed confidence that the ruling alliance will easily win the House trust as it has 166 MLAs on its side.

  • Monday, 04 July 2022
Maha rebel MLAs' grand 'Ghar wapsi' after 12 days' getaway in 3 states
Maha rebel MLAs' grand 'Ghar wapsi' after 12 days' getaway in 3 states

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who had gone to Goa to fetch them, travelled with them in a special flight.

  • Saturday, 02 July 2022
Eknath Shinde
Shiv Sena 'sacks' CM Eknath Shinde for 'anti-party' activities

In a terse letter to Shinde on Thursday, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray, who quit as Chief Minister on June 29, said: "You have been indulging in anti-party activities and have voluntarily given up your membership of Shiv Sena."

  • Saturday, 02 July 2022
Shinde's maiden policy move on Metro car-shed kicks up a row
Shinde's maiden policy move on Metro car-shed kicks up a row

Former CM Uddhav Thackeray and his son and ex-Environment Minister Aditya Thackeray had scrapped the project and shifted it to the Kanjurmarg salt pans site.

  • Friday, 01 July 2022
Eknath Shinde
Eknath Shinde’s journey from auto-rickshaw to Maharashtra CM’s chair

The 58-year-old leader who hails from western Maharashtra's Satara district shifted to Thane, a Sena bastion adjacent to Mumbai, in his young days and started his political career in the same city. The four-time MLA, who held the urban development and PWD portfolios in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray, never hid his humble origins. On the contrary, he made it a point to mention it to underscore how he has been indebted to the Shiv Sena and its founder, late Bal Thackeray for his rise in Maharashtra politics.

  • Thursday, 30 June 2022
Eknath Shinde takes oath as Maharashtra's new CM
Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde sworn in CM, Fadnavis takes oath as Dy CM

The oath-taking ceremony came a day after former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray resigned his post in the wake of a major rebellion in the Shiv Sena legislators that led to the collapse of the 31-month-old Maha Vikas Aghadi government.

  • Thursday, 30 June 2022
Ready to quit as CM, says Uddhav Thackeray to Sena rebels
Maharshtra to rename Aurangabad, Osmanabad, new international airport

The cabinet meeting chaired by the beleaguered Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also approved the naming of upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after farmer leader late D B Patil.

  • Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Supreme Court
Govt lost majority, should Governor wait for floor test, SC asks Shiv Sena counsel

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Prabhu, contended before a vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala that the Governor is bound to act on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers.

  • Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Sanjay Raut
Quit as Sena MLAs and face fresh elections, Raut dares party rebels

He expressed confidence that the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising the Sena, NCP and Congress will survive the current crisis.

  • Sunday, 26 June 2022
Maharashtra Political Crisis
Shiv Sena tussle: Shinde, Fadnavis may have met Shah in Vadodara to discuss strategy

Sources said the meeting lasted for almost two hours, where every aspect was discussed, like all those camping in Guwahati will stick to their guns and not return to Shiv Sena fold.

  • Sunday, 26 June 2022
Thackeray takes on Shinde: 'Your son is MP, should my son also not grow politically?'
Thackeray takes on Shinde: 'Your son is MP, should my son also not grow politically?'

In a virtual address to party functionaries, the Shiv Sena president said he was not worried over the defection by MLAs as he considers them "fruits and flowers of a tree which have been blighted by disease".

  • Friday, 24 June 2022
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