Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar on Wednesday alleged that Uddhav Thackeray regretted not forming an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as he was given the bait of power for five years by the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party.
The Election Commission (EC) should wait for its decision on the original Shiv Sena party symbol until the Supreme Court gives its order on the disqualification of rebel MLAs, Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction) said on Wednesday.
Former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray had last week challenged Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to contest the election against him from the Worli Assembly seat in Mumbai.
A leader from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party said the PM's visit on Thursday will boost their morale and help in setting up a "favourable pitch" for the BJP and the Shinde-led Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, which are overdue
Uddhav Thackeray s statement comes a day after both the Sena factions faced off at the party s office in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters in south Mumbai.