Uddhav Thackeray

Referring to the GIFT City in Gandhinagar, he said a financial centre, which he claimed was moved to Gujarat, will be built in Maharashtra, enabling employment opportunities in the state.

Addressing a rally in Dharavi on Saturday, Thackeray claimed the then BJP chief Amit Shah had come to 'Matoshree', the private residence of the Thackerays, to seek an alliance with Shiv Sena (undivided).

The Election Commission and the Maharashtra assembly speaker have recognised the Ajit Pawar-led NCP and Shinde-led Sena as the real NCP and the real Shiv Sena.

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Polls: The South Mumbai constituency has emerged as a point of contention between the BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena within the Mahayuti alliance. Meanwhile, Congress' Sanjay Nirupam aims to contest from Mumbai North West, a seat allocated to the Shiv Sena by the MVA.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray stated on Friday that disclosures concerning the electoral bonds scheme have exposed the Bharatiya Janata Party, which frequently accuses the Congress of looting the country.

The Uddhav Thackeray faction has challenged the speaker’s order that declared the rival bloc led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv Sena after the split in June 2022.

Although Uddhav Thackeray has made a few statements that may sound like he has softened his stand towards PM Modi, Shiv Sena (UBT) is confident that the party will not get into an alliance with the BJP in the current scenario

The senior lawyers for the Thackeray faction, however, opposed the idea and said the top court is more equipped to handle the case.

News Highlights: Uddhav Thackeray faction's plea challenges the order of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, who declared the Shiv Sena bloc led by Shinde as the "real political party" following its split in June 2022.

The plea, which was filed on Monday by the Thackeray faction, was fixed by the apex court registry for hearing by a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on January 19.

"I am taking this battle to the people's court," a combative Thackeray said at a press conference here.

Petitions filed on January 12 by Bharat Gogavale, the chief whip of the ruling Shiv Sena against the 14 MLAs, said they were challenging the "legality, propriety and correctness" of the January 10 order passed by Speaker Rahul Narwekar dismissing the disqualification petitions submitted by him against the rival camp Assembly members.

The speaker had also rejected the Thackeray faction's plea to disqualify 16 MLAs of the ruling camp, including Shinde.

In his 105-minute-long reading of the key points of the much-awaited ruling on the cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of each other's MLAs following a split in the party in 2022, Narwekar also rejected the Uddhav Thackeray faction's petition to disqualify 16 MLAs of the ruling group, including Shinde.

Uddhav Thackeray had no power to remove Eknath Shinde from the post of legislature party leader, says Narwekar.

All eyes will be on the ramifications of the decision which comes just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and the Assembly elections scheduled in the state later this year.

The stakes are high as an order against the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction could affect the stability of the state government.

Ahead of the the Lok Sabha polls, the two factions are anticipated to take aim at each other in their respective rallies. These factions have been in conflict as they vie for the title of the 'true inheritor' of the legacy of the late party supremo, Bal Thackeray.

Activists of the BJP's youth wing, led by BJP city president Devidas Kale, gathered at Gandhi Chowk in Latur and attacked an effigy of the MVA alliance with footwear.

News Highlights: By September 30, JKC will just need to invest the final Rs 100 crores in Jet Airways to take control of the storied airline. JKC has already invested Rs 250 crore in Jet Airways.