Uddhav Thackeray

The disqualification of MLAs or MPs is carried out in accordance with the Anti-Defection Law, which was enacted to prevent the 'Aaya Ram, Gaya Rama syndrome.' In Maharashtra, Shinde will need the support of 37 MLAs to escape disqualification procedures under the defection statute.

The Mumbai Police Department has issued a high alert and asked all police stations to provide security at all city political offices. Officer-level Police personnel have been asked to visit each political office to assure their safety.Deepak Kesarkar, former Minister of State for Home and dissident MLA, informed ANI that Eknath Shinde-led MLAs had created a new organisation called 'Shiv Sena Balasaheb.'

During his visit to Pune on Saturday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said those who chose to "lick the soles" of people with opposite ideologies have found which side truth was on after the Election Commission declared the faction headed by CM Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv Sena

Danve, who belongs to the Thackeray faction, demanded that the upper house discuss issues related to onion prices, but it was denied by deputy chairperson Neelam Gorhe, leading to legislators of the ruling and opposition parties arguing and levelling charges against each other.

The top court ruled that the newly elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly, Rahul Narwekar, shall not act on the disqualification notifications until the court rules on them. The issue, which comprises many petitions, would require the formation of a bench and may take some time to be listed, according to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana.

Addressing the media after the meeting, Thackeray said that the Centre should be called opposition instead of the opposition parties being called opposition since they are against democracy and the Constitution.

The Animal Welfare Board of India has issued an advisory urging people to celebrate Valentine's Day as 'Cow Hug Day' to spread "positive energy" and encourage "collective happiness", the move getting the backing of some BJP leaders while also generating several memes ridiculing it.

The Shiv Sena leader is on a three-day visit to the Union Territory with a handful of tasks in his itinerary. On Thursday, he met with government employees from the Kashmiri Pandit community, who have been protesting for over 11 months demanding their relocation to safer locations.