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The political battle Maharashtra's alliance government's future went into the legal zone today with rebel MLA Eknath Shinde challenging the Shiv Sena's move to disqualify him and 15 other MLAs in the Supreme Court. The matter will be heard tomorrow.

The rebel faction of Eknath Shinde today claimed that that the eventual number of Sena MLAs supporting them will cross 50. .

Shiv Sena rebel MLA Eknath Shinde and the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis met in Gujarat's Vadodara last night to discuss possible government formation in Maharashtra, sources have said.

The massive tussle in Shiv Sena's ranks is threatening to bring down the Maharashtra government. At the centre of the crisis, rebel camp leader Eknath Shinde has several options for his next move.

The Shiv Sena, founded and led by the Thackeray family, has morphed into the Shinde Sena.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in a late-night open Zoom call with reporters and the public strongly condemned the way his party's MLA, Eknath Shinde, and 21 other rebels sneaked out from Mumbai on Monday night.

The BJP's top leadership chose Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma among all other Chief Ministers from the party' arsenal to oversee - from a distance - the rebellion by Shiv Sena MLAs against party chief Uddhav Thackeray, sources said.

The battle for Shiv Sena's control has moved from the streets to the drawing room, where the legal teams of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Sena rebel MLA leader Eknath Shinde are working to make a claim as the rightful owner.

MaharashtraDeputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal is likely to send disqualification notices to 16 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs tomorrow, sources have said.

Maharashtra crisis: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma said he doesn't know if MLAs from Maharashtra are in the state.