Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena One can see the unrest from its parliamentary wing. A day later, a Shiv Sena MP requested Uddhav to declare his support. NDA presidential candidate Draupadi MurmuA rebel MLA claimed on Wednesday that 12 out of 18 party MPs would soon join the party. Eknath Shinde-led factionA claim that has not been denied by party sources.
Speaking to reporters in his constituency in Jalgaon district, Gulabrao Patil, a minister in the Uddhav-led MVA government, said: “Our (rebel camp) has 40 out of 55 MLAs, and 12 out of 18 MPs. I have met Personally we have four MPs along with 22 former MLAs.
Shiv Sena’s Lok Sabha MP Rahul Shewale wrote to Uddhav on Tuesday night asking party MPs to support Murmu, noting his tribal roots and contribution to the social sector, and citing the example that Bal Thackeray has contested against UPA candidates. How did you support Pratibha Patil and Pranab? Mukherjee, putting aside political differences.
So far clinging to Uddhav, except Shinde’s son Shrikant Shinde, 18 MPs are horrified to learn that without the support of elected party members in their respective constituencies, it will be difficult for them to win the next election. Normally each Lok Sabha constituency has six assembly constituencies.
Also, in the last Lok Sabha election (2019), when Shiv Sena won 18 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, it fought with the alliance. BJP, was a big factor in that performance Narendra Modipopularity of. In many constituencies, Shiv Sena candidates facing anti-incumbency had opted to put up photographs of the prime minister. Somewhere he was older than Bal Thackeray and Uddhav.
It remains to be seen how long the MPs watch from the sidelines as the rebel MLAs, who are now in power with the BJP and the Centre’s muscle power behind them, continue their attacks on Uddhav and son Aditya. As by Shiv Sena rebel Gulabrao Patil: “On whose behest was he (Thackeray) running the organisation? We worked tirelessly at the grassroots level. We shed our blood for the development of the party. But all those who were staunch soldiers and honest workers were sidelined in the organisation.”
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde There is still a hint of “revolt” to come in the army led by Uddhava. “There are countless unhappy members representing Parliament, Zilla Parishads, Corporations, Gram Panchayats, who will soon take tough decisions,” he said.
The Shinde camp is sure that the division in all the party bodies will run horizontally until it reaches the grassroots level, calling the unrest among the workers “manifold” compared to the elected members.
Shiv Sena leaders still in the Uddhav camp, without making any real effort to solve the problem, acknowledge the feeling of despair in the Thackeray family. A senior leader said, “The problem is that we are not ready to admit our mistakes. Unless we seriously introspect and recognize why we failed to retain our members, how can we improve? No effort is being made to improve the curriculum.
Anger is also rising against one of the Shiv Sena MPs, Sanjay Raut, who has lost many friends and earned some enemies with his remarks that have fueled the fire.