After Uddhav Thackeray's Appeal to Shiv Sena Rebels, Son Says Many Want To Return

"They are our people," Aaditya Thackeray said, "We are in touch with 15-16 of them."

Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray has claimed that some of the Shiv Sena legislators in Guwahati with the rebel camp are "being held as prisoners". He said this to NDTV hours after his father, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, made an emotional appeal to the rebels to return.    

"They are our people," Aaditya Thackeray said, "We are in touch with 15-16 of them."

Rebel leader Eknath Shinde has claimed support of 40 of the Sena's 55 MLAs. The Shinde camp wants the Shiv Sena to dump its partners — the NCP and Congress — to form a government with its "natural ideological ally", the BJP, instead. 

Mr Shinde had criticised Aaditya Thackeray's recent statement that "scum" is going out of the Sena.