Uddhav Sena says ghar wapsi soon; my flock with me, Shinde hits back

The split in NCP has triggered rumours of ghar wapsi in the Shiv Sena UBT with Thackeray faction claiming revolt within CM Eknath Shindersquos group Some of Shinde outfitrsquos MLAs want lsquoforgiveness from Matoshreersquo said Sena UBT MP Vinayak Raut Shinde and his men have refuted his claims The NCP working committee meeting called by Sharad Pawar in Delhi on Thursday has no legal sanctity the Ajit Pawarled faction of the party has saidldquoAjit Pawar was elected as the national president of NCP on 30062023 with the overwhelming support of the majority of elected representatives of NCP as well as the members working on different organisational postsrdquo a statement on behalf of Ajit said It added that Ajit has also filed a petition before the Election Commission of India ECI stating that he represents the real NCP and hence the name of the party along with the symbol be granted to himldquoThe dispute on the question of who represents the real NCP is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the ECI and therefore no person within the Party has any authority to call for any meeting of the National ExecutiveNational Working CommitteeNational Office BearersState Party Presidents till such time the dispute is finally decided by the ECIrdquo it saidldquoI am the president of NCPrdquo veteran Sharad Pawar asserted after the meeting of the partyrsquos working committee that approved the decision to expel Praful Patel Sunil Tatkare and nine others who joined hands with NDA Pawar also said the ldquotruth will come outrdquo on Ajitrsquos claim of having majorityUpset Shinde MLAs sending feelers Sena UBT MPShinde Senarsquos minister claims Uddhav MLAs want to switch instead are in touch with himShiv Sena UBT MP Vinayak Raut on Thursday claimed that some MLAs from the rival Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde were in touch with his party after the NCP leader Ajit Pawar joined the state government The Shinde faction MLAs have started ldquorevoltingrdquo after the rebel NCP MLAs were made ministers he told reportersShiv Sena UBT MP Vinayak Raut File PicAshish RajeSome MLAs from the Shindeled Sena have been sending messages that they want to ldquoseek forgiveness from lsquoMatoshreersquo Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackerayrsquos residencerdquo Vinayak said Many MLAs have also said that if lsquoMatoshreersquo approaches them they will reply positively he saidldquoThose who wanted to become ministers but could not or those who can lose the ministerial berth in the next cabinet expansion are in touch with usrdquo Vinayak claimed without disclosing any names ldquoMany Shinde bloc MLAs from western and north Maharashtra and Marathwada are sending messages that they want to seek forgiveness from lsquoMatoshreersquo and go back thererdquo he saidUday Samant of Shinde Shiv Sena PicSameer MarkandeShinde Sena minister Uday Samant countered him by claiming that six of 13 MLAs from the Uddhav Thackerayled faction were in touch with him ldquoThreefour MLAs spoke to me yesterdayrdquo he told reporters Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut said elsewhere that the government had majority and still a big group from the NCP joined it It meant the Shindeled Sena was not needed anymore he said He claimed that Maharashtra will get a new CM soon which was dismissed by Samant as rumoursNo Sena MLA unhappy ShindeCM Eknath Shinde and DyCM Devendra Fadnavis present an idol of Lord Ganesha to President Droupadi Murmu at Raj Bhavan on ThursdayChief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said nobody in his Shiv Sena is unhappy over NCP leader Ajit Pawarrsquos inclusion in the state ministry Shinde described the reports as ldquorumours spread by Oppositionrdquo that his chief ministerial chair may be in jeopardy after Ajit Pawar and eight other NCP MLAs joined his yearold state ministry Some Shiv Sena legislators had apparently raised concerns after the NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar joined the state government Shinde presided over a meeting of Shiv Sena MLAs MLCs and MPs on Wednesday Ajit Pawarrsquos remark that he wants to be the CM has created a flutter in political circlesGraft probe lsquoNo clean chitrsquo to rebel NCP MLAsBJP Agencies independent BJP has not compromised on their judicial proceduresAjit Pawar and eight other MLAs take oath as ministers in the ShindeFadnavis government on July 2 Several of these MLAs have been accused of corruption and are being probed PicSameer MarkandeBJP leader Keshav Upadhye on Thursday said the induction of some NCP ministers in the government did not mean the saffron party had ldquocompromisedrdquo or given a ldquoclean chitrdquo to them in probes being carried out by agencies Speaking to reporters here Upadhye said ldquoThe investigation agencies are independent and they do their job The BJP has not compromised on their judicial procedures Giving clean chit to anyone is not our work only the court has that rightrdquo Upadhye who is the BJP spokesperson said it was ldquogoodrdquo if someone was aligning with the BJP on the issue of developmentIn show of support Rahul meets NCP bossNCP chief Sharad Pawar speaks with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the formerrsquos official residence at 6 Janpath in New Delhi on Thursday PicPTICongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met Sharad Pawar at the NCP presidentrsquos residence in an apparent show of support to the veteran leader amid a rebellion in his party He arrived soon after Pawar addressed the media following his partyrsquos working committee meeting At the media briefing Pawar asserted that he is the president of NCP AgenciesBJP neta eyeing rebel NCP ministerrsquos seatBJPrsquos Samarjeetsinh Ghatge NCPrsquos Hasan Mushrif PicSayyed Sameer AbediThe BJPrsquos Kolhapur district chief Samarjeetsinh Ghatge on Thursday said he would contest Assembly polls from Kagal represented by NCP leader Hasan Mushrif who was inducted into the Eknath Shinde cabinet on Sunday and win with a record margin Sporting the BJP scarf and addressing a rally in Kagal Ghatge said contesting and winning the seat would be his way of showing his loyalty to the BJPGet your house in order first BJP to Sharad PawarBJPrsquos state chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday said Sharad Pawar himself was responsible for the split in the NCP On query on Sharad Pawarrsquos criticism of the BJP he said ldquoWhat is your condition today Your party is not with you the party workers are deserting you your relationship with the Centre and the state government is not good Your condition is so bad that your family is going away from you What worse can one seerdquo