"Maha vikas aghadi"

As per the report, more than one dozen MPs from the party have extended their support to EKnath Shinde who is all set to split the party with …

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said, “They (BJP) are also doing this for the Presidential polls.”

Despite only 13 MLAs at a key meeting convened by Uddhav Thackeray, Sanjay Raut said they are in touch with at least 21 rebel MLAs.

Amid uncertainty over his future, Uddhav Thackeray announced that he will be moving to his private residence Matoshree.

“The political developments in Maharashtra are heading towards a dissolution of the Vidhan Sabha,” Sanjay Raut said in a tweet.

While several Maharashtra BJP leaders started praising Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said the party is in touch with Shinde and he will come back.

Though BJP and Congress secures first and second positions respectively, Shiv Sena, NCP and a BJP supported independent also secured their birth in the Upper House.

Congress leader and a minister in the state cabinet Satej Patil, who was in charge of the polls, said the people of Kolhapur have rejected the Hindutva card …

Although the reason is yet to be known, the moves comes barely a few weeks after the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.

It may be noted that Rout is among the leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) who has been trying to save Uddhav Thackeray government.