Thane, July 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief leader Eknath Shinde was rushed to a private hospital in Thane on Friday after his health deteriorated suddenly. According to preliminary reports on Saturday, Shinde is currently under the care of a team of specialist doctors, and his condition is stated to be completely stable.Shiv Sena sources indicate that Dy CM Shinde’s health suffered due to extreme physical exertion and heavy work pressure over the past few days.O…
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Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) In a massive political jolt to Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), the party’s Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Sachin Ahir on Tuesday switched sides to join Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena. This high-profile defection unfolded rapidly today amid intense political manoeuvring surrounding the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council’s Deputy Chairman’s election.Ahir filed his nominations for the election to the Maharashtra Legislativ…
Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) The three-day tour by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray in the constituencies represented by the rebel MPs was planned after the faction led by Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde launched ‘Operation Tiger’ to lure six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs into its fold.The Shinde faction also announced plans for ‘Split 3.0’, aimed at engineering defections among Shiv Sena (UBT) MLAs and corporators in Maharashtra. Against this bac…
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Days after dealing a major political blow to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) by engineering the defection of six Lok Sabha MPs, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief leader Eknath Shinde on Tuesday in the state Assembly dropped a fresh bombshell, hinting that more political earthquakes are on the horizon.Referring to the defection of the six parliamentarians as part of Operation Tiger, Shinde stated that the political realignment is far from over. …
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Congress on Monday reacted to the ongoing political developments under the banner of ‘Operation Tiger’, alleging that attempts to pressure elected representatives into switching parties through intimidation, coercion, or investigative agencies are unconstitutional. Speaking to IANS, Congress MLC Bhai Jagtap said, “Our constitutional and democratic system is founded on elections, which are a crucial pillar of democracy. If elected representatives are being pressured thro…
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) The stage is set for a high-stakes, dramatic showdown at the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai as the three-week monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature begins on Monday. Scheduled to run until July 10, this session is unfolding against a volatile mix of intense political engineering and severe weather anomalies. The dual undercurrents of “Operation Tiger” — a rumoured defection plan targeting the opposition — and a prolonged, erratic monsoon threatening the agrarian sector…
Mumbai, June 20 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on the prevailing political culture in Maharashtra, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday targeted the ruling dispensation and turncoat politicians, saying that “only living corpses remain once self-respect is compromised.”Addressing a meeting of MNS office-bearers from Mumbai, Thane, Pune and Nashik, Thackeray expressed deep concern over what he described as the moral decline in state politics and questioned the legac…
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday delivered a scathing attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led faction. Reacting sharply to speculation that his lawmakers are on the verge of breaking away, Thackeray warned that if the opposition continues to destabilise his party under names like “Operation Tiger,” he would be forced to deploy a counter-strategy.“If they keep poaching our MPs or MLAs using ‘Operation Tiger,’ we to…
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) The political landscape of Maharashtra has been upended once again by a meticulously planned, highly confidential defection codenamed “Operation Tiger”. Orchestrated by Maharashtra’s political strategists, the operation successfully split the Shiv Sena-UBT Parliamentary wing, leaving Uddhav Thackeray with just three loyal Lok Sabha MPs out of nine.Despite a strict party whip issued to attend a crucial Parliamentary Party meeting on Thursday in Delhi, six MPs revolted, skip…
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Following the dramatic political developments in West Bengal, intense political speculation has shifted to Maharashtra. In a swift move, former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray has called an urgent meeting of all his party’s Members of Parliament (MPs) on June 14.The sudden decision has sparked widespread discussion in political circles, with questions being raised over the possibility of unrest within the party ranks.Thackeray has directed all party…