Late Saturday evening, Naresh Mhaske resigned as Thane district president of Shiv Sena but said that he will always remain a Shivsainik. He is known to be close to Eknath Shinde. His letter, addressed the CM Uddhav Thackeray, stated that he protests the “attitude” of MVA constituent NCP but stressed he will always remain a Shivsainik.
See letter here:
The former Thane mayor Naresh Mhaske in his resignation letter to Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that Shivsainiks are feeling “politically suffocated” because of “Rashtravad” (NCP) in the last two-and-a-half years.
Naresh Mhaske said Shivsainiks believe in aggressive Hindutva. Notably, he is perhaps the first functionary of Shiv Sena from Thane, which also happens to be the hometown of Shinde, to resign from his post. Naresh Mhaske, the Sena stalwart from Thane is currently camping in Guwahati along with a bulk of Sena MLAs.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena sought the disqualification of rebel MLAs- Eknath Shinde, Chiman Rao Patil, Balaji Kalyankar, Sanjay Raimulkar, Ramesh Bornare, Mahesh Shinde, Abdul Sattar, Sandipanrao Bhumre, Bharatshet Gogawale, Sanjay Shirsat, Yamini Jadhav, Lata Sonawane, Anil Bhabhar, Tanaji Sawant, Balaji Kinikar and Prakash Surve. Sixteen MLAs, including Eknath Shinde, have been served a disqualification notice by the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly. The legislators have been asked to reply to the said notice by 5 pm, Monday, June 27.
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