Shinde-led rebel MLAs name their faction 'Shiv Sena Balasaheb'
Mumbai (Maharashtra), June 25: The Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde along with rebel MLAs named their faction 'Shiv Sena Balasaheb' on Saturday.
Former Minister of State for Home and rebel MLA Deepak Kesarkar informed that Shinde-led MLAs formed a new group 'Shiv Sena Balasaheb'. The development comes at a time when Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was holding the executive meeting of Shiv Sena.
With 38 of its rebel MLAs camped out in Guwahati, the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government remains in a combative mode.
There have been reports of Shiv Sainiks breaking into rebel legislators' offices and vandalising them. On Saturday, Shiv Sena activists ransacked the Pune office of rebel party MLA Tanaji Sawant. One of the Shiv Sena rebel MLAs, Sawant is now camped out in Guwahati, Assam, with the Eknath Shinde group.
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"Our party workers vandalised Tanaji Sawant's office. All traitors and rebel MLAs who have troubled our chief Uddhav Thackeray will face this type of action. Their office will also be attacked. No one will be spared," Sanjay More, Shiv Sena Pune city head said on Saturday.
After this, Pune Police issued an alert and directed all police stations to ensure security at offices related to Shiv Sena leaders in the city.
Mumbai Police is also on high alert and has instructed all police stations to ensure security at all political offices in the city. As per the sources, it has been directed that officer-level Police personnel shall visit every political office to ensure their safety.
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