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Maharashtra Crisis: BJP Union Minister Says The Party Not Owning To Form Government

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Union Minister Raosaheb Patil Danve told Devendra Fadnavis that the Shiv Sena currently has not made any calls to the BJP.

Mumbai: BJP authorities on Wednesday said that the present political crisis was an internal matter of the Shiv Sena and the BJP was not taking authority to form a government.

Bharatiya Janata Party head and Union Minister Raosaheb Patil Danve told sources that no official from the Sena was in contact with the opposition party.

โ€œWe havenโ€™t spoken to Eknath Shinde. This is Shiv Senaโ€™s internal matter. BJP has nothing to do with this. Weโ€™re not staking a claim to form the government,โ€ commented Danve, the present Minister of Railways for Maharashtra.

On Wednesday amidst the stateโ€™s political turmoil, rebel camp leader Eknath Shinde added that it was necessary for the Sena to relieve itself of their โ€œunnatural allianceโ€ with the BJP.

Maharashtra under the Thackeray government presently struggled to stay afloat amidst internal crisis due to mutiny within the party.  CM Thackeray commented on Wednesday that he was willing to resign the CM post if the party members wished so.

โ€œIf my own people donโ€™t want me as Chief Minister, he should walk up to me and say soโ€ฆ Iโ€™m ready to resignโ€ฆ I am Balasahebโ€™s son, I am not after a post,โ€ said CM Thackeray.

He commented on the issue that the MLAs need not have to fly to Gujarat, instead would have expressed their grievances directly to him.

The Sena patriarch added that it was a matter of shame if โ€œeven a single MLAโ€ was against him.

According to official sources, if Thackeray was to be displaced under a no-confidence motion the opposition requires 37 MLAs from the Senaโ€™s 106 to abandon the allegiance and switch camps.

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โ€œUnnatural Alliance Must Be Junkedโ€: Eknath Shinde After Uddhav Thackerayโ€™s Speech

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The declaration was made shortly after, according to sources, the alliance members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi proposed that the rebel leader, Eknath Shinde, be named the Chief Minister.

New Delhi: In order to ensure the survival of his party, Sharad Pawarโ€™s party and the Congress must break their โ€œunnatural alliance,โ€ according to Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde, who started the political crisis in Maharashtra. The declaration was made shortly after, according to sources, the alliance members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi proposed that the rebel leader be named the Chief Minister. Shiv Sena has only suffered over the past 2.5 years, while other parties have prospered.

โ€œThe unnatural alliance must be junked in order to save the party and the Shiv Sainiks. In order to best serve Maharashtra, it is crucial to make this choice,โ€ Mr. Shinde tweeted on Day 2 of the Maharashtra potboiler, who is currently camped out in Assam under BJP authority with other rebels.

Mr. Shinde is certain that the Sena has to take back control of the state and renew its partnership with the BJP. โ€œSome people recommend that we choose the BJP. But how do we go about doing that? We suffered while they were among us. What justifies our joining them?โ€. At an emergency meeting on Tuesday, the Chief Minister reportedly informed party leaders that talks with the rebel leader were ongoing.

Uddhav Thackeray hinted that he was โ€œready to quitโ€ as Chief Minister on Wednesday during an emotional speech, but he did not really do so. โ€œTo my face, tell me to resign, and Iโ€™ll step down from my position as Chief Minister. The Chief Ministerโ€™s position came to me accidentally โ€“ itโ€™s not something I yearn,โ€ said Mr. Thackeray.

โ€œWhat should I do if my own people oppose me becoming Chief Minister, despite the support of (NCP leader Sharad) Pawar Saheb and (Congress leader) Kamal Nath? They donโ€™t see me as theirs, so Iโ€™m not sure whether I can call them my people,โ€ he added.

To break the party without running the risk of being disqualified under the anti-defection rule, Eknath Shinde needs seven more Sena MLAs on his side. According to Mr. Thackeray, โ€œMLAs who have accompanied Eknath Shinde are calling me and saying they were kidnapped.โ€

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