Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut is well known for criticising the BJP and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis regularly, but he ended up praising Fadnavis on Friday in Mumbai, surprising several political observers.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena workers barged into the South Mumbai office of a company on Friday and took to task a Bihari manager who used to allegedly mentally harass a Maharashtrian employee and kept saying "Ek Bihari sab pe bhaari" (one Bihari is enough to dominate everybody).
Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to either apologise for Union Minister Amit Shah’s comments on Dr B R Ambedkar, or quit his post.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has accused Ajit-Pawar-led NCP leader Praful Patel of orchestrating efforts to split Sharad Pawar-led NCP.
Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde would never have had the guts to try delaying tactics and sulking against Maharashtra CM frontrunner Devendra Fadnavis unless he had the backing of some 'Mahashakti' (superpower) in Delhi, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said in Delhi on Tuesday.
Making a dark prediction, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday said that 45 out of the 50 MLAs of the Shiv Sena rebel group led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde "will be vanquished in the next elections".
The Sena wants to settle scores with the BJP for toppling its government in Maharashtra and it knows that the BJP draws maximum strength from Uttar Pradesh.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Thackeray group, told the bench that on August 3, the apex court had orally asked the poll panel to not take any precipitative action on the issue.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it may list tomorrow for hearing the cases filed by rival groups of Shiv Sena ( Eknath Shinde group) in relation to the Maharashtra political crisis.
Indicating differences in the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, the Congress has indirectly targeted ally Shiv Sena by demanding a CBI probe into Mumbai road contracts between 2017-2022, ahead of the civic elections.
