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Last month, the Election Commission recognised the Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and allocated the name and the poll symbol to it. New Delhi:  Shiv Sena, led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has sacked Sanjay Raut as the leader of its parliamentary party and appointed Lok Sabha MP Gajanan Kirtikar as his successor. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Mr Shinde, who is chief leader of the Shiv Sena, said Mr Kirtikar has been appointed as the leader of the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party. Shiv Sena leaders on Thursday felicitated Mr Kirtikar at the parliamentary party office located on the third floor of the Parliament building. Of the 18 Shiv Sena members in the Lok Sabha, four have their loyalties with Uddhav Thackeray, who lost control of the party to Mr Shinde. Eknath Shinde had split the Shiv Sena last year accusing Thackeray of compromising with the core ideals of the party and joining hands with arch rivals ...

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the ruling coalition in Maharashtra, held a meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday under the leadership of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray amid the raging political crisis in the state. Maharashtra Political Crisis:  The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the ruling coalition in Maharashtra, held a meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday under the leadership of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray amid the raging political crisis in the state. According to reports, only 1 Shiv Sena MLA attended the meeting. Despite being pushed into a corner due to the revolt by dozens of Shiv Sema MLAs, Uddhav Thackeray sounded a defiant note after the meeting. "We will see what happens in the future," Uddhav Thackeray told the media after the meeting. Earlier, A group of about 40 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs along with their leader Eknath Shinde left their hotel in Surat in Gujarat on Wednesday and reached Assam at around 7 am. Two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders received the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs...

Shiv Sena Punjab leader Harish Singla has been arrested by the police today in connection with a clash between Shiv Sena and Sikh groups in Patiala. Earlier, Harish Singla Patiala, a controversial leader of Shiv Sena Punjab, was expelled from the party. Patiala: Shiv Sena Punjab leader Harish Singla has been arrested today in connection with a clash between Shiv Sena and Sikh groups in Patiala. Earlier, Harish Singla Patiala, a controversial leader of Shiv Sena Punjab, was expelled from the party. The party's Punjab state president Yoga Raj Sharma said the action was taken on the orders of Uddhav Thackeray's national president Shiv Sena.   In fact, in Patiala, Punjab, organizations belonging to two different religions have clashed with the police. The clash is over the procession. When stopped by police, one group pelted him with stones and the other attacked him with a sword. According to police, both the communities were not allowed to take out ...

Union Minister Narayan Rane responded to Sanjay Raut's "West Bengal is the lion of the country" remark today.   Ratnagiri:  Narayan Rane's fresh swipe against Shiv Sena has resulted in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee getting caught up in the crosshairs with the Union Minister on Friday stating that the "distance between Konkan and Kashmir represents the difference between Banerjee becoming the country's Prime Minister." Addressing reporters after resuming his ''Jan Ashirwad Yatra'' on Friday, the Union Minister was responding to Sanjay Raut's "West Bengal is the lion of the country" remark stating that the Shiv Sena leader "speaks without any sense." "Sanjay Raut speaks without any sense. Vinayak and Sanjay Raut will lead to the fall of Shiv Sena... The distance between Konkan and Kashmir represents the difference between Mamata Banerjee and her becoming the PM," he said. This is not the first ...