Expressing dissatisfaction over Shiv Sena s alliance with its traditional rival parties, Congress and NCP, party s rebel MLA Chimanrao Patil on Saturday said that they had urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to stitch a natural alliance.
Shinde s appeal came after Sena workers loyal to party president and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray staged protests against the rebel MLAs led by him by defacing their banners, hurling stones in some places and vandalising the office of an MLA in Pune.
The Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat has sent notices to 16 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs including Eknath Shinde to submit their say on the Shiv Sena's petition seeking their disqualification for breach of whip. The petition was made by Shiv Sena to the deputy speaker Narahari Zirwal after the rebels failed to turn up to the meeting convened by the party president and chief minister Uddhav Thackeray.