Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance companions Congress and NCP on Thursday mentioned that the Shiv Sena is free to hitch anybody after the get together’s chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut informed ‘rebel’ get together MLAs that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray would contemplate strolling out of an alliance with Congress and NCP in the event that they returned to Mumbai inside 24 hours. The Rajya Sabha MP requested state minister Eknath Shinde and different ‘rebel’ legislators to return, Raut mentioned that the Shiv Sena will attempt to honour their requests after Shinde termed the ruling MVA an “unnatural alliance.”
“Shiv Sena is ready to walk out of MVA government in Maharashtra, but party rebels should return to Mumbai (from Guwahati) in 24 hours,” the senior Shiv Sena chief mentioned. Many leaders from the ‘rebel’ camp, together with Shinde, had requested the Sena to re-align with the BJP.
Raut’s message suggesting a re-think on Shiv Sena’s alliance with the NCP and Congress drew a pointy response from each events. Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole mentioned that the get together doesn’t have any points with whichever get together the Sena needs to ally with. “We are with them (Shiv Sena) to stop the BJP from coming to power. This game is happening due to the ED… Congress is ready for a floor test. If they (Shiv Sena) want to form an alliance with anyone, we don’t have a problem.” Patole was quoted as saying to information company ANI.
Reacting to Raut’s assertion, NCP chief Chhagan Bhujbal informed reporters, “If what Sanjay Raut said is correct…if they (Shiv Sena) want to go on that path (exit MVA) then they should talk to our leader NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Nobody can stop them, every party can go on their own path.”
Meanwhile, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar was visibly upset at a gathering with state Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil and state unit get together chief Jayant Patil over how the state authorities equipment was caught napping even amid the mass motion of Shiv Sena legislators out of Maharashtra, reported The Indian Express. He was shocked at how the MVA management was caught off-guard due to this “intelligence failure,” the IE additional reported.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”