Maharashtra Politics Crisis Live Updates: BJP to hold meetings to decide next course of action, likely to stake claim to power

Sanjay Raut to appear before ED tomorrow

“I will be going to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office tomorrow,” Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut confirmed today. ED had sent a second summon to Raut, asking him to appear before them on 1st July in connection with the Patra Chawl land scam case.

Rebel MLAs will be slaves: Sanjay Raut

While blaming Deepak Kesarkar for the current situation, Sanjay Raut said, ” I am not responsible for the current situation. I had helped install a Shiv Sena Chief Minister, can you do that? You will just be slaves where you are now. I have also spoken to NCP Chief Sharad Pawar he has said that even though the government is not in power they would continue to stand behind us.”

We got emotional yesterday when Uddhav Thackeray resigned as Chief Minister: Sanjay Raut

“We got emotional yesterday when Uddhav Thackeray resigned as Chief Minister. Everyone has faith in Uddhav Thackeray; people of every caste & religion support him. Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar trust him,” said Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut.

BJP to hold meetings in Mumbai to decide next course of action

All Congress MLAs to shortly meet at Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan to discuss the present political situation in Maharashtra.

Sanjay Raut’s message

What is Shinde’s next step?

It is not yet clear if the Shinde-led group will merge with any party. The anti-defection law doesn’t see a group existing in the House as a separate party. Shinde Wednesday night reiterated that they are Shiv Sainiks and will remain in the Shiv Sena.

Shinde to address rebel MLAs

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde to address the MLAs staying in Goa in a meeting that will be held before they leave for Mumbai: Deepak Kesarkar, spokesperson of the Eknath Shinde camp, quoted by ANI as saying

Shinde camp to chalk out next step

Eknath Shinde and group of Shiv Sena MLAs camping at a luxury hotel in Goa are set to meet at 9 am to mull the next course of action, reports said.

Uddhav Thackeray did not take note of the issues pointed by us. We are all sad that while fighting the NCP and the Congress, we had got angry with our leader too.

– Deepak Kesarkar, spokesperson for Sena rebels

Devendra Fadnavis set to be back again

In the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections Devendra Fadnavis’s catchphrase was “mi punha yein” (I will come back again). It didn’t really happen that way then. The BJP fell out with its longterm ally Shiv Sena, Fadnavis’s attempt to take the chair in the dark of the night along with NCP’s Ajit Pawar turned into a fiasco. The Maha Vikas Aghadi was born, but then Fanavis kept on tirelessly chipping away at what looked a strong fort until it gave way two and half years later. Fadnavis is back again, and is set to be sworn in a third time.

Uddhav Thackeray visits temple after quitting

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray offered prayers at a temple in Mumbai yesterday late night after submitting his resignation as Maharashtra Chief Minister to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. He was accompanied by sons Aaditya and Tejas Thackeray at the temple.

Uddhav’s final cabinet meeting

Uddhav Thackeray yesterday evening held a cabinet meeting a couple of hours before the Supreme Court’s decision on the floor test. At the meeting, Thackeray told his cabinet colleagues that he had been betrayed by his own people.”I also apologize if I have hurt anyone unintentionally,” he was quoted as saying. The ministers clapped after chief minister addressed the meeting

‘Karma’ says BJP in swipe at Uddhav

BJP leaders invoked ‘karma’ and the legacy of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray as they took a swipe at outgoing Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. “Karma does not spare anyone,” BJP general secretary C T Ravi, who is in charge of his party’s affairs in the state, said.

I had come (to power) in an unexpected manner and I am going out in a similar fashion. I am not going away forever, I will be here, and I will once again sit in Shiv Sena Bhavan. I will gather all my people.

– Uddhav Thackeray

Sena rebels camping in Goa

The rebel Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde yesterday evening checked into a five-star hotel at Dona Paula near Panaji. They arrived by a chartered flight from Guwahati, where they were camping for the last eight days. They are expected to reach Mumbai in the morning.

“The chief minister (Uddhav Thackeray) has gracefully stepped down. We have lost a sensible and cultured chief minister.

– Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena leader

Thackeray’s resignation capped more than a week of resort politics where a majority of the Shiv Sena MLAs camped in a hotel in Guwahati demanding that he quit the MVA alliance.

Devendra Fadnavis has said he will announce the BJP’s next step today. He also said the party will show restraint in celebrations.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde will now decide the next court of action, the state BJP said.

Uddhav Thackeray resigned as chief minister yesterday night after the Supreme Court declined to interfere in a floor test directed by the governor.

It’s game over for the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra. The BJP is set to stake claim to form the next government along with the Shiv Sena rebels.