New Delhi: Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde, who has revolted against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, and demanded that his party should walk out of the “unnatural” alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress in Maharashtra for its own sake, has refused to relent on his demand.
Shinde, camping in BJP-ruled Assam, asserted that he has the support of two-third of the party MLAs. He claims to have the support of 38 Shiv Sena MLAs.
Here is the complete list of Maharashtra MLAs backing Eknath Shinde:
- Eknath Shinde
- Deepak Vasant Kesarkar
- Mangesh Kudalkar
- Gulab Raghunath Patil
- Sada Sarvankar
- Prakashrao Abitkar
- Dadaji Bhuse
- Sanjay Rathore
- Mahendra Dalvi
- Sandipan Bhumre
- Ramesh Bornare
- Balaji Kinikar
- Abdul Sattar Abdul Nabi
- Pradeep Jaiswal
- Sanjay Gaikwad
- Chimanrao Patil
- Anil Babar
- Suhas Kande
- Pratap Sarnaik
- Balaji Kalyankar
- Kishore Patil
- Yogesh Kadam
- Vishwanath Bhoir
- Mahendra Thorve
- Shantaram More
- Shrinivas Vanga
- Latabai Sonawane
- Sanjay Shirsat
- Dnyanraj Chougule
- Yamini Jadhav
- Shahaji Patil
- Tanaji Sawant
- Shambhuraj Desai
- Mahesh Shinde
- Prakash Surve
- Sanjay Raimulkar
- Bharat Gogawale
- Dilip Lande
OPTIONS BEFORE REBEL SENA FACTION
– Present Individual Letters Of Support Of Each Rebel MLA To Governor: The rebel MLAs of Shiv Sena who are sitting in Shinde’s camp released a video message, unanimously declaring him as their leader. The MLAs who are lodged in a Guwahati hotel can exercise the option of presenting individual letters to the Maharashtra Governor claiming their support to Shinde.
– Stage Physical Parade Of 37 Rebel MLAs Before Governor: All the MLAs also have the option of a physical parade before the governor in support of Shinde
– Resign As MLAs To Avoid Disqualification If They Fall Short Of 2/3rd Number: Uddhav Thackeray-led government approached the Acting Speaker seeking the disqualification of 12 rebel MLAs from the Maharashtra Assembly for not attending the party meeting on Wednesday. The MLAs who are revolting against the Uddhav led Maharashtra government can possibly resign to avoid disqualification if in case things don’t go their way and they fall short of meeting the required numbers.
– Merge Splinter Group With BJP: In order to dodge the anti-defection law the number of MLAs leaving the party should be two-thirds of the total strength of the party in the legislature. Anti defection law states that MLAs who, after being elected on the ticket of a political party can be disqualified in case they “voluntarily give up their party membership”.
Eknath Shinde who is currently claiming the support of 38 MLAs has got the required numbers as far as Maharashtra assembly is concerned. The MLAs have an open option of merging with the BJP who is currently the single largest party in the state.
The 5 Key Players
– Bhagat Singh Koshyari: The governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari Will take the decision of Calling For a Floor Test.
– Uddhav Thackeray: The Maharashtra CM has the Onus To either Resign Or stage a counter attack on revolting Shinde in order to protect his government which is facing a grim situation on the stage and may go out of power.
– Eknath Shinde: The unanimously chosen leader of the revolting camp has the responsibility To Keep the camp Together and claim the required numbers.
– Sharad Pawar: The NCP chief will leave no stone unturned in order to remain in power. The Strategy Man will look to pull off an upset in the camp of Rebel leaders and will make attempts to cause a blip in calculations.
– Devendra Fadnavis: Former Maharashtra CM has been pulling strings behind the Scenes, but will be wary of a counter from the Sena Coup.
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