Maharashtra Political Crisis: BJP & Centre responsible for destabilising a stable govt, says Mallikarjun Kharge

New Delhi :Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday held a party meeting amid political instability in the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra.

The meeting is taking place at the residence of the NCP chief. Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil, ministers Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad and party leader Sunil Tatkare are present at the meeting. Meanwhile, a total of 42 Maharashtra MLAs are present with Eknath Shinde at Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati, Assam. This includes 34 MLAs from Shiv Sena and eight Independent MLAs, informed sources.

Notably, seven more MLAs have joined the rebel group of MLAs led by Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde in Guwahati on Thursday morning further deepening the political instability in the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.

Maharashtra Political Crisis| Updates:

# BJP & Centre fully responsible for destabilising a stable govt in Maharashtra to form their own govt in the state. They’re also doing this for Presidential polls. I want to say that we all (Cong, NCP, Shiv Sena) will strengthen Maha Vikas Aghadi: Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress

# They may have thought of something and said it. We will speak to them. They have not said anything to us directly. We won’t comment on it yet: NCP leader Jayant Patil on Sanjay Raut’s statement that Shiv Sena is party mulling stepping out of MVA

MLAs should not communicate from Guwahati, they should come back to Mumbai and discuss all this with CM. We are ready to consider exiting out of MVA if this is the will of all MLAs, but for that, they have to come here & discuss it with the CM: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut

#WATCH | Assam: In a fresh video from Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati, rebel Maharashtra MLAs – including Eknath Shinde – sit together and raise slogans of “Shinde sa’ab tum aage badho, hum tumhare saath hain.”#MaharashtraPoliticalCrisis pic.twitter.com/NwBMpNeuG8

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2022

#WATCH | Members and workers of Assam unit of TMC protest outside Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati where rebel Maharashtra MLAs, including Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde, are staying.

Party’s state president Ripun Bora is leading the protest here. pic.twitter.com/rfoD0fQSKU

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2022

CM won’t hold any meeting today, some MLAs are going to Varsha Bungalow for official work. Nitin Deshmukh (who returned to Nagpur from Surat yesterday and alleged abduction attempts) will hold a press conference: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut pic.twitter.com/4SW0V8G8YU

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2022

#WATCH | Mumbai: Leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) arrive at the residence of party chief Sharad Pawar for a meeting.#MaharashtraPoliticalCrisis pic.twitter.com/ttvu2LMIDI

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2022

#WATCH | Members and workers of Assam unit of TMC protest outside Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati where rebel Maharashtra MLAs, including Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde, are staying.

Party’s state president Ripun Bora is leading the protest here. pic.twitter.com/rfoD0fQSKU

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2022

#WATCH | Assam Minister Ashok Singhal arrives at Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati where rebel Maharashtra MLAs, including Eknath Shinde, are staying. pic.twitter.com/QGMNfeenRi

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2022

#WATCH | Assam: Rebel Maharashtra MLAs camping at Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati meet former MoS Home and Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar. pic.twitter.com/SoEQNt9sPZ

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2022

# A total of 42 Maharashtra MLAs are present with Eknath Shinde at Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati, Assam. This includes 34 MLAs from Shiv Sena and 8 Independent MLAs: Sources

# He who leaves the party under ED pressure is not a true Balasaheb Bhakt. We’re true Balasaheb Bhakts…even we’ve ED pressure but will continue to stand with Uddhav Thackeray…When floor test happens everyone will see who’s positive and who is negative…: Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena

# I won’t talk about any camp, I will talk about my party. Our party is strong even to this day…About 20 MLAs are in touch with us…when they come to Mumbai, you will get to know…will soon be revealed, in what circumstances, pressure these MLAs left us: Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena

#WATCH | Odisha: NDA’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu reaches Bhubaneswar airport.

She is leaving for Delhi and will file her nomination for the Presidential election tomorrow, June 24th. pic.twitter.com/x0K3mACQk0

— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2022