Soon After, reports claim that a dozen Shiv Sena MPs are in contact with Eknath Shinde and may eventually start their party in the Lok Sabha.
Uddhav Thackeray will soon begin losing his MPs as he witnesses hordes of Shiv Sena leaders defecting to the opposing camp headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
According to reports, a dozen Shiv Sena MPs are in contact with Eknath Shinde and may create a different group in the Lok Sabha. This co-occurs with the Chief Minister's trip to Delhi to meet with the BJP leadership to discuss the Maharashtra cabinet.
The Sena group will be led by the party's Mumbai South Central MP Rahul Shewale; the MPs wrote to Speaker Om Birla last night to let him know.
Additionally, the group could name a chief whip; Yavatmal MP Bhavana Gawli will probably accept the position. She was recently removed as Chief Whip as Uddhav Thackeray for anti-party activities.
Eighteen of the Shiv Sena's 19 Lok Sabha members are from Maharashtra. (File)
Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray will start losing his MPs soon after witnessing throngs of Shiv Sena leaders defect to the opposing camp led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
According to reports, a dozen Shiv Sena MPs are in contact with Eknath Shinde and may create a different group in the Lok Sabha. This occurs simultaneously with the Chief Minister's trip to Delhi to meet with the BJP leadership to discuss the Maharashtra cabinet.
The Sena group will be led by the party's Mumbai South Central MP Rahul Shewale; the MPs wrote to Speaker Om Birla last night to let him know.
Additionally, the group could name a chief whip; Yavatmal MP Bhavana Gawli will probably accept the position. She was recently replaced as Chief Whip by Rajan Vichare when Uddhav Thackeray was ousted for anti-party acts, although the Speaker has not made a formal ruling.
Eighteen of the Shiv Sena's 19 Lok Sabha members are from Maharashtra.
According to Shinde Sena sources, In a virtual meeting with Eknath Shinde on Monday, 12 of these 19 MPs showed their support and trust in the rebel leader, whose group now controls the party Bal Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray's father established.
The 12 MPs received special Y-category protection at about the same time.
The MPs would claim the Shiv Sena's territory.
The MPs won't claim the Shiv Sena's official emblem until the Speaker decides their desire to be acknowledged as a distinct entity.
The coalition government led by Uddhav Thackeray was overthrown last month when most Shiv Sena MLAs sided with Eknath Shinde. By forming a coalition government with the BJP, Mr. Shinde was able to defeat his party's leader with great success.
Uddhav Thackeray broke with his coalition allies last week and proclaimed support for the BJP's presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu during a meeting with his MPs. The opposition parties said that Mr. Thackeray, humiliated and alone, had no alternative but to concur with his MPs.
The Supreme Court's ruling on many issues about the Shiv Sena uprising, which may or may not determine who is the Shiv Sena's leader, is now being awaited by Mr. Thackeray and Mr. Shinde.