Ahead of this, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and other leaders of the INDIA bloc paid floral tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction leader Sanjay Raut said that without the leadership of the Congress, the country would not have achieved independence and made progress in science and technology.
Maharashtra Minister Shambhuraj Desai on Thursday asked Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray if he would back Rahul Gandhi disrespecting Veer Savarkar when he (Rahul Gandhi) comes to Mumbai to address a rally during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray slammed the Central government for implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 and alleged it to be the ruling party's 'election jumla' in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.
Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, double Maharashtra Kesari Chandrahar Patil joined Shiv Sena (UBT) in the presence of former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree on Monday.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, former Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ravindra Waikar joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, in Mumbai on Sunday.
The Congress leader, while taking to X, expressed his disappointment over the announcement of Amol Kirtikar as the Shiv Sena candidate for the Mumbai North-West constituency, a decision made by Thackeray before the MVA could finalise seat-sharing arrangements.
"There are 5 seats that are being demanded by the NCP (Sharad Pawar), Congress and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray). So in total, there are 15 seats out of 48 in which they do not have coordination," Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash Ambedkar said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey said on Friday that the discussion on seat-sharing among the INDIA bloc was still underway adding that there is 'democracy' in the alliance.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra posted the matter for hearing in the second week of April and asked the respondents to file the reply on or before April 1.
Uddhav Thackeray faction leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Monday alleged that when sitting judges resign and "join" a particular political party, it means "they were not delivering justice but working for the party".
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Anil Desai has been summoned by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police. He has to appear for questioning on March 5 with regard to the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) allegation that the Uddhav Thackeray faction withdrew party funds even after the Election Commiss