Maharashtra political crisis: Uddhav chairs Sena's national executive meet, all eyes on action against rebels
Mumbai, Jun 25: The national executive meeting of the Shiv Sena is underway at the party's headquarters in the city on Saturday, where Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who is also the party president, is expected to take a decision on the action against the rebel MLAs, including Eknath Shinde.
Thackeray was supposed to chair the meeting virtually from his residence "Matoshree". However, he reached the party headquarters - Shiv Sena Bhavan - at Dadar in central Mumbai.
The party's national executive is expected to authorise Thackeray to take decisions regarding the organisation in view of the rebellion by Shinde. Along with Shinde, another disgruntled party leader and former minister Ramdas Kadam, is expected to face action.
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Both of them are members of national executive. Kadam's son MLA Yogesh Kadam has joined the rebel camp in Guwahati.
The
Shiv
Sena
has
already
filed
a
petition
seeking
disqualification
of
16
rebel
MLAs.
Talking
to
reporters
outside
the
Sena
Bhavan,
Rajya
Sabha
member
Anil
Desai
said,
"The
proceedings
of
the
national
executive
meeting
will
be
sent
to
the
Election
Commission."
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Thackeray, who had tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, had addressed the Shiv Sena cadres twice on Friday, in which he said he was ready to quit the post of Shiv Sena president if the workers feel he was not capable of running the party effectively.