Maharashtra crisis: Sena stages 'joote maro' protest in Pune as rebel supporters blacken Uddhav posters
India Today
After rebel supporters blackened the posters of Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena supporters in Pune held a ‘joote maro’ protest against the rebel MLAs amid the ongoing political crisis in the state.
Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena workers supporting Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a ‘Joote Maro’ andolan against the rebel Sena MLAs in Pune on Sunday.
This comes in the wake of the growing power struggle between two Sena factions led by the Maharashtra CM and rebel leader Eknath Shinde respectively.
Shiv Sena workers were seen vandalising the Pune office of the party's rebel MLA Tanaji Sawant, who is currently camping in a hotel in Guwahati, Assam, a day earlier.
Meanwhile, the Shinde camp on Saturday had floated an idea to form a separate group named 'Shiv Sena (Balasaheb)' after the Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray.
On the other hand, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray chaired a national executive meeting with Sena leaders in Mumbai, passed resolutions and moved the Election Commission (EC) to restrain any other political outfit or faction from using the name of Shiv Sena and its founder late Balasaheb Thackeray.
