Guwahati: Amid allegations of BJP sponsoring MLAs turned against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, rebel MLA Deepak Kesarkar, who is part of the rebel Eknath Shinde camp, on Saturday denied BJP’s involvement in the rebellion and said that no one The party is not paying for it. ANI reported that the expenses of the rebel Shiv Sena and other leaders. Talking to news agency ANI, Kesarkar said, “No party is paying our expenses (of hotel accommodation), our leader Eknath Shinde called us and we came and stayed here (Guwahati Hotel); expenses BJP is not behind all this. Earlier today, the Eknath Shinde rebel camp named their group ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb’, to which Uddhav Thackeray strongly objected.
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Meanwhile, the Assam chief minister, who has repeatedly denied the role of his party and the Assam government in the rebellion against the Shiv Sena and its allies, clarified that his government was not paying the bills for the MLAs living in Guwahati. Is.
The rebel MLAs have said that they themselves are bearing their living expenses.
The rebel MLA further demanded recognition for his faction and warned of going to court failing to do so and denied the role of BJP behind their rebellion.
Virtually addressing a press conference, Kesarkar said, “We are still in Shiv Sena, there is a misunderstanding that we have left the party. We have just split our faction. We have that path to follow. Two-thirds majority is what we wanted. Our new leader has been elected with a majority. He did not have more than 16-17 MLAs.
Meanwhile, Eknath Shinde claims to have the support of 38 of the 56 Shiv Sena MLAs, which is more than two-thirds of the party’s strength in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.
According to the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution, which deals with the anti-defection law, any group of MPs can leave a party and form another or merge with another party without disqualification if they are at least one of the party’s members. At least two-thirds are MLAs. Original power.
On the other hand, the Uddhav Thackeray faction recently submitted a petition before the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to disqualify 12 rebel MLAs. As the rebels were camping in Guwahati, some of their offices in Maharashtra were allegedly ransacked by Shiv Sena workers.
(with inputs from agencies)