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Thane, the home turf of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, will on Friday witness Dahi Handi events which are being organised by his faction as well as the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena.
A video on Monday went viral on social media platforms wherein the MLA can be seen asking his supporters to “pulp” the workers of the rival faction.
The Election Commission is learnt to have given the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena 15 more days to submit documents in support of its claim on the party's election symbol.
A day after the Maharashtra cabinet expansion, the Shiv Sena claimed administering ministerial oath to rebels MLAs, whose disqualification pleas are pending before the Supreme Court, amounted to murder of democracy and the Constitution.
In a big relief to Uddhav Thackeray in the fight over control of the Shiv Sena, the Supreme Court today told the Election Commission not to decide on a plea by Eknath Shinde, the Maharashtra Chief Minister, to recognise his group as the real party.