"Will Think About Those Who Want To Join...": Uddhav Thackeray On Sena MPs
NDTV
In the 2024 election the Maha Vikas Aghadi - expected to lose a tight race for Maharashtra's 48 Lok Sabha seats - surprised many with a thumping win.
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray - buoyed by a strong 2024 Lok Sabha election, in which his Shiv Sena faction won nine seats and the splinter group (the 'original', the Election Commission said) won seven - has left the door open to lawmakers who jumped ship two years ago, triggering his resignation and fall of his coalition government.
He also said lawmakers who stayed with him after the Sena split in 2022 will stay loyal, amid rumours at least two of his newly elected MPs could jump ship to his rival's camp.
"All those who supported me will stay (and) we will think about those who want to join us. I will not take anyone's name... but, after the election, Ram has become BJP-free..." he said.
