Only MLAs are in Assam, their wives are in Maharashtra! Shiv Sena’s operation begins, Rashmi Thackeray takes over leadership

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena has come forward with a new operation to tame the MLAs of the party estranged from the party leadership. The decision is to meet the wives of the rebels in person, make them understand things and then ask them to talk to their husbands. National media reported that Rashmi Thackeray, wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, has been entrusted for it.

The party leadership hopes that if the rebels currently staying at a luxury hotel in Guwahati, are brought home, would be able to make them convince things. Eknath Shinde left the state with a majority of Shiv Sena MLAs after the MLC election results in Maharashtra. The team first went to Gujarat and then to Assam. With each passing day, more MLAs including independents, joining the rebel camp, have turned a headache to Uddhav and the party leadership.

Out of the total 287 members in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, requires 144 to prove majority if a vote of confidence is held. The ruling Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress have 169 seats. However, if the MLAs under Sinde resign, the government will have to step down. That is why the Shiv Sena has come up with a new tactic to change the minds of the dissident MLAs with Shinde and keep the government in power. Uddhav Thackeray is also reported to have sent personal messages to some dissident MLAs in a camp in Guwahati.

Meantime, in the party national executive meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday, the party decided to approach the Election Commission to prevent any other political organization or faction from using the name of Shiv Sena and its founder, the late Balasaheb Thackeray.