As Sena power struggle spills onto streets, Shinde camp takes battle to SC | Top points

From Shiv Sena workers’ protests across Maharashtra and Delhi, security arrangements for the rebel MLAs and their families to the Shinde camp approaching the Supreme Court, the Maharashtra political turmoil saw several developments on Sunday. Read on to know more.

As the Maharashtra political crisis deepened on Sunday, several Shiv Sena workers took to the streets against the party rebels across Maharashtra and Delhi. Amid the battle for control of Shiv Sena between Uddhav Thackeray and rebel leader Eknath Shinde, claims and counter-claims kept surfacing throughout the day. In an unexpected turn of events, the Shinde camp moved Supreme Court too.

Here’s a list of developments in the Maharashtra political crisis that took place on Sunday.

- Sena workers hold protests across Maharashtra and Delhi against rebel party workers

Shiv Sena workers supporting CM Uddhav Thackeray held a ‘Joote Maro’ andolan against the rebel Sena MLAs in Pune. Earlier, the supporters of Shinde camp had painted over posters put up in support of Uddhav Thackeray in Thane. Sena supporters also protested at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Some workers also held a bike rally against the rebel MLAs outside the Saamana office in Mumbai. Cases of vandalism were reported from various parts of Maharashtra.

Also read: Maharashtra crisis: Sena stages 'joote maro' protest in Pune as rebel supporters blacken Uddhav posters

- Uddhav's wife Rashmi contacts wives of rebels to convince them to return

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's wife Rashmi Thackeray on Sunday morning contacted the wives of other rebel MLAs to convince them to speak to their husbands who were putting up at Guwahati.