Shiv Sena Mlas In Surat

Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat on Thursday revealed dissident group members close to Eknath Shinde left for Surat from Mumbai last month without luggage or even additional clothes and initially did not know where they were headed.

Amid political turmoil in Maharashtra following a revolt by Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde, six MLAs and an MLC from the neighbouring state arrived in Gujarat's Surat city on Thursday.

Rebel Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde were at first in Surat in BJP-ruled Gujarat; flew in to Guwahati in Assam, another BJP-ruled state, on Wednesday

Shiv Sena MLA Kailas Patil, who had escaped from a car carrying rebel legislators to Surat, on Thursday claimed some of those taken to the camp led by Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde might be wanting to return, but were forced to stay back.

The Shiv Sena today said it will consider quitting alliance with the Congress and Sharad Pawar's NCP if the rebels come back in "24 hours". The huge climbdown comes even as visuals showed 42 MLAs posing with Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde.

In another sensational twist amid the political storm in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MLA Nitin Deshmukh, who was earlier presumed to have joined rebel Sena leader Eknath Shinde, has resurfaced voicing his support for Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

The Shiv Sena has housed its MLAs in different hotels in Mumbai after its senior leader and Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde rebelled against the party and camped at Surat in Gujarat along with some fellow dissident legislators, an MLA said on Tues

The Maharashtra coalition drama played out at a five-star hotel in Gujarat's Surat this evening, hours after Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde checked in along with 21 other MLAs, endangering the Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday claimed rebel leber Eknath Shinde was pressured to go against the Uddhav Thackeray-led party and also alleged that at least two MLAs accompanying the minister in Surat were beaten up by the police.

A number of BJP leaders have made a beeline to meet Eknath Shinde, the senior Shiv Sena leader -- who has landed Maharashtra's Uddhav Thackeray government in deep crisis -- in Surat.

Pranjali, Mr Deshmukh's wife, submitted a written complaint to the Akola police station saying she last spoke to her husband on a phone call at 7 pm on June 20 and hasn't been able to communicate with him since.

Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde, camping out in Surat with 21 MLAs, was joined this evening by two more MLAs, shortly before they flew to Guwahati. Mr Shinde is at the centre of the deep political crisis in Maharashtra.

Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat on Thursday revealed dissident group members close to Eknath Shinde left for Surat from Mumbai last month without luggage or even additional clothes and initially did not know where they were headed.

Amid political turmoil in Maharashtra following a revolt by Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde, six MLAs and an MLC from the neighbouring state arrived in Gujarat's Surat city on Thursday.

Rebel Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde were at first in Surat in BJP-ruled Gujarat; flew in to Guwahati in Assam, another BJP-ruled state, on Wednesday

Shiv Sena MLA Kailas Patil, who had escaped from a car carrying rebel legislators to Surat, on Thursday claimed some of those taken to the camp led by Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde might be wanting to return, but were forced to stay back.

The Shiv Sena today said it will consider quitting alliance with the Congress and Sharad Pawar's NCP if the rebels come back in "24 hours". The huge climbdown comes even as visuals showed 42 MLAs posing with Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde.

In another sensational twist amid the political storm in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MLA Nitin Deshmukh, who was earlier presumed to have joined rebel Sena leader Eknath Shinde, has resurfaced voicing his support for Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

The Shiv Sena has housed its MLAs in different hotels in Mumbai after its senior leader and Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde rebelled against the party and camped at Surat in Gujarat along with some fellow dissident legislators, an MLA said on Tues

The Maharashtra coalition drama played out at a five-star hotel in Gujarat's Surat this evening, hours after Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde checked in along with 21 other MLAs, endangering the Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday claimed rebel leber Eknath Shinde was pressured to go against the Uddhav Thackeray-led party and also alleged that at least two MLAs accompanying the minister in Surat were beaten up by the police.

A number of BJP leaders have made a beeline to meet Eknath Shinde, the senior Shiv Sena leader -- who has landed Maharashtra's Uddhav Thackeray government in deep crisis -- in Surat.

Pranjali, Mr Deshmukh's wife, submitted a written complaint to the Akola police station saying she last spoke to her husband on a phone call at 7 pm on June 20 and hasn't been able to communicate with him since.

Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde, camping out in Surat with 21 MLAs, was joined this evening by two more MLAs, shortly before they flew to Guwahati. Mr Shinde is at the centre of the deep political crisis in Maharashtra.