The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena suffered yet another setback as another party MLA has joined the camp of rebel legislators headed by minister Eknath Shinde in Assam.
Election for the 10 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council slated for June 20 seems inevitable as BJP has fielded five nominees, Congress and Shiv Sena two each and NCP will also nominate two candidates. BJP denied candidature to Pankaja Munde, former minister and OBC leader.
Maharashtra Congress leader Arif Naseem Khan has moved the Supreme Court against CM Uddhav Thackeray over alleged violation of the model code of conduct during the 2019 Assembly election.
In a major embarrassment to the Shiv Sena led Maha Vikas Aghadi government, former minister and the Maharashtra Congress leader Naseem Khan, who had lost the 2019 assembly elections to Shiv Sena nominee Dilip Lande, has approached the Supreme Court against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab