Shiv Sena Maharashtra’s ruling MVA is ready to consider quitting the alliance if the rebel MLAs camping in Assam return to Mumbai within 24 hours and discuss their grievances with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, party MP Sanjay Raut said on Thursday. Said, indicated a major change in stand that took ally Congress by surprise while NCP said it wants the coalition government to complete its term.
Shiv Sena’s chief spokesperson Raut, while contacting the rebel MLAs, said the party’s doors were open for them and all the issues raised by them could be resolved through talks.
as Political crisis in Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) governmentTriggered by Shiv Sena’s cabinet minister Eknath ShindeRebellion broke out three days ago, three more party MLAs raged and left for Guwahati BJPRuled Assam to join the rebel camp.
A day after Thackeray made an emotional appeal to his party’s rebel MLAs and offered to resign to pacify them, his trusted aide Raut indicated that the Shiv Sena was ready to consider leaving the MVA led by him. Shinde made a demand. who termed the three-party bloc an “unnatural” alliance.
Shinde is currently camping in Guwahati along with 37 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs and nine Independents. The NCP and Congress also share power in the Uddhav Thackeray-led government.
He said, ‘You say that you are a real Shiv Sainik and will not leave the party. We are ready to consider your demand provided you come back to Mumbai within 24 hours and discuss this issue with CM Uddhav Thackeray. Your request will be considered positively. Do not write letters on Twitter and WhatsApp.
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“The rebels who have come out of Mumbai have raised the issue of Hindutva. If all these MLAs feel that Shiv Sena should walk out of MVA, then show courage to come back to Mumbai. You say that you have issues only with the government and also say that you are a true Shiv Sainik… your demand will be considered. But come and talk to Uddhav Thackeray.”
Later in a tweet in Marathi, Raut said, ‘Why wander unnecessarily. The doors are open and the issues can be resolved amicably through dialogue. Let us take a decision with self-respect instead of accepting slavery.” Responding to Raut’s comments on his party on quitting the MVA, Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said he does not think Chief Minister Thackeray, who also heads the Shiv Sena, will Will take a “turn” and agree to the demand of the rebel MLAs that the party break away from the ruling coalition.
Does Shiv Sena want to join hands with BJP in Maharashtra? Shiv Sena’s intentions are not clear yet,” former chief minister Chavan told reporters.
“I have not heard such a voice in his Wednesday evening public address to Uddhav Thackeray. I would be surprised if Uddhav Thackeray takes such a turn in less than 24 hours. I don’t think Thackeray will do that.
It was also not clear whether Raut was clarifying the Shiv Sena’s official stand,” Chavan said.
“There is also no clarity on which faction of Shiv Sena should be considered as the authentic face of the party (in view of the rebellion),” the Congress leader said. Meanwhile, state NCP president Jayant Patil said his party is yet to discuss Raut’s comments.
“But we want this government to complete its full term as it has taken some good decisions,” he said.
Patil, a state minister, said, “Those who leave the Shiv Sena later lose the elections.”
On the stand of the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs that they do not want to be a part of the MVA due to the “corruption” of NCP and Congress ministers, Patil said the statements of individual MLAs should not be taken as the official stand of Shiv Sena.
Another NCP leader, Praful Patel, said party chief Sharad Pawar “formed the MVA and he still wants it to remain intact”. A close aide of Shinde said that three more Shiv Sena MLAs, Deepak Keskar (MLA from Sawantwadi), Mangesh Kudalkar (Chembur) and Sada Sarvankar (Dadar) took an early morning flight from Mumbai to Guwahati.
On Wednesday evening, four MLAs, including Maharashtra minister Gulabrao Patil, had left for Guwahati.
After reaching Guwahati, Shinde had claimed the support of 46 MLAs, including some independents. The rebel leader had given a letter to the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly, which was signed by 35 Shiv Sena MLAs, replacing Sunil Prabhu with Bharat Gogavale as the chief whip of the Shiv Sena legislature party.
Deputy Speaker Narhari Jirwal said that he has approved the appointment of Ajay Choudhary as the leader of Shiv Sena in the House in place of rebel MLA Shinde.
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday removed Shinde as the leader of the party’s group in the Assembly, hours after his rebellion and a trip to Surat in Gujarat with some Shiv Sena MLAs triggered a crisis in the ruling alliance.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Zirwal said, “I have received a letter from Shiv Sena informing me that it is appointing Ajay Choudhary as the leader of the party in the assembly and Shinde with immediate effect. Removing him from office.” Shiv Sena MLA Kailas Patil, who on Monday night escaped from a car carrying rebel MLAs to Surat, claimed in Mumbai that some of those who supported Shinde may have wanted to return, but were forced to stay back. to be done.
Another Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat has written to the chief minister, claiming that Shinde took the step of going against the party leadership as the party’s MLA, who faced “humiliation” for the past two and a half years, persuaded him to do so. did. , Shirsat, MLA from Aurangabad (West) assembly constituency, claimed in the letter that despite Shiv Sena leading the MVA and having its own chief minister, the congregation around Thackeray never allowed him to reach the CM’s official residence ‘Varsha’ .