The Latest Breaking News from Shiv Sena

Earlier in the day, the senior Shiv Sena leader said that the party was ready to quit the MVA government if the group of rebel legislators returned to Mumbai in the next 24 hours

However, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Raosaheb Patil Danve had said on Wednesday that the political crisis in Maharashtra was Shiv Sena's internal matter and the BJP is not staking claim to form a government in the state. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Rebel group, now in Assam, firm on its demand that the Sena should quit the MVA; Mr. Thackeray moves from the Chief Minister’s official residence in south Mumbai to his family’s Matoshri bungalow in suburban Bandra

Eknath Shinde becomes the latest leader to join the list Shiv Sena rebels

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Speaking to reporters at the Nagpur airport, the Akola MLA said he somehow managed to return safely to Maharashtra from Surat and pledged loyalty to Sena president Uddhav Thackeray.