Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday slammed Uddhav Thackeray and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) for opposing the Barsu Refinery project in Ratnagiri district.
Hitting out at the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being targeted, his popularity was increasing.
With the Uddhav Thackeray faction's plea, challenging last year's change of guard in Maharashtra, pending arbitration in the Supreme Court, the former Maharashtra chief minister on Sunday said elections can happen any time and they were "prepared".
While addressing a public meeting in Jalgaon, Uddhav Thackeray said, "Today Maha Vikas Aghadi completes three years. They accuse me that I left Hindutva but the truth is that I did not allow any injustice to any religion as per the oath of the Chief Minister. All religious places were closed
After expelled Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Balasaheb Chandore formally joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the latter on Friday welcomed him saying that the party will support you.
While addressing a party organizational meeting, Supriya Sule said, "Govt should answer on what exactly happened in Kharghar during the Maharashtra Bhushan ceremony".
"It was 100 per cent the state govt responsibility, as they organised the event, keeping elections in mind. A sitting judge must investigate this incident and the actual facts must come out," Pawar said while addressing the organizational meeting for BMC polls.
Expelled Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Pune district president Balasaheb Chandore will join the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday.
Maharashtra Navirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Thursday hit out at Uddhav Thackeray for "politicising" the issue of deaths in Kharghar due to heat stroke during an event.
The toll from Monday's incident at Navi Mumbai's Kharghar, in Raigad district, where several people suffered heatstrokes at a function to confer the Maharashtra Bhushan, the highest civilian award in the state, rose to 13.
After having a meeting with several Congress leaders, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday, said that the two parties, despite all the differences in their ideology, will come together in the "fight for democracy".