13 MLAs from Thackeray group, 20 from NCP in touch with Shinde camp: Maha minister

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Uday Samant, Maharashtra's Minister of Industries, has claimed 13 MLAs from the Uddhav Thackeray group and 20 from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra are in touch with the Shiv Sena (Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction).. Further, Samant said former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had a secret meeting with CM Shinde at Mahabaleshwar...

There is a lot of instability in state politics right now, he said.. SENA MLC DANVE CLAIMS TO WIN 100 SEATS IN 2024 ELECTIONS..

Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena (UBT) is making efforts to win at least 100 seats in the 2024 Assembly polls in Maharashtra, its leader and MLC Ambadas Danve told PTI on Thursday...

The plan is to scout for winnable candidates and also to concentrate on seats where the party came second in the 2019 Assembly Polls, Danve, who is Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, told PTI...

In an apparent reference to speculation about Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar and talk of his closeness to the BJP, the Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC, without taking names, said no ruling party (BJP) will try to break other parties if the situation is stable...

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