Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said he rebelled because Uddhav Thackeray abandoned the ideology of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray.
The Supreme Court on Friday said it will list on March 7 the plea of the Uddhav Thackeray faction challenging Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar s order declaring the Shiv Sena bloc led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the "real political party" after the outfit s split in June 2022. The Thackeray faction s plea was to be listed for hearing on March 1 before a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud.
The Pawar family in Maharashtra might be in a head-to-head contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with speculation of Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra's potential candidacy against his cousin Supriya Sule.
Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday cited last week's Election Commission order - recognising Ajit Pawar as the leader of the 'real NCP' - to reject petitions seeking disqualification of 41 MLAs who had rebelled against Sharad Pawar.