Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aditya Thackeray has made a big claim about Mahayuti MLAs. He said on Monday (08 December) that 22 MLAs of an ally of Mahayuti have come close to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and are ready to change sides. It is being told that he has said this in the context of Shiv Sena led by Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.

Without naming Shinde-led Shiv Sena, Aditya Thackeray claimed, “There is one party and two factions.” 22 MLAs of one group have come close to the CM. They have good funds and now they have started dancing to the tune of the CM.

’22 MLAs of Mahayuti are ready to change sides’

Speaking to the media in the Vidhan Bhawan complex, Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA from Worli said, “22 MLAs are ready to switch sides.” One of these MLAs calls himself vice-captain. It is being said that he has said this about Industries Minister Uday Samant. Earlier, Shiv Sena (UBT) had claimed that Samant could be the third Chief Minister of the state along with Shinde and Ajit Pawar.

Shiv Sena was divided in 2022

Let us tell you that after the rebellion led by Shinde in June 2022, Shiv Sena was divided, after which the Mahavikas Aghadi government led by the then Uddhav Thackeray fell. Later, in January 2024, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar said that the Eknath Shinde-led faction was the real Shiv Sena, a component of the ruling grand alliance in the state along with the BJP and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s NCP.

What did Aditya say about the appointment of the leader of the opposition?

On the issue of inaction in appointing the leader of the opposition in both the houses of the state legislature, Aditya Thackeray asked why the government is afraid of the leader of the opposition. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Bhaskar Jadhav has been nominated by his party, which is the largest opposition party in the Lower House with 20 MLAs, for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, but no decision has been taken by the Speaker on the Cabinet-level appointment.

Jadhav had written a letter to the state legislature, seeking to know whether there was any rule that mandated that an opposition party should have 10 percent of the total strength in the assembly (29 seats out of 288) to claim the post of Leader of the Opposition. After the opposition’s crushing defeat in the state assembly elections last year, no party could win 10 percent of the total 288 seats.

It is noteworthy that Ambadas Danve, former MLC of Shiv Sena (UBT), who was the leader of opposition in the Legislative Council. His tenure ended in August. Congress has nominated its MLC Satej Patil to be appointed as the leader of opposition in the Upper House. State Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde on Sunday said his office has received a proposal to appoint the leader of the opposition and the decision will be taken after talks with stakeholders.

Aditya Thackeray gave a PPT presentation in the meeting of Thackeray group. During this he claimed that there was a big scam in the voter list. While making allegations he also presented many evidences and proofs. Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena organized ‘Nirdhar Mela’ at NSCI Dome in Worli regarding the upcoming local self-government elections and the strategy to conquer Mumbai.

The tagline of this fair was ‘Sankalp Vijay ka, Mumbai Jeene ka.’ In this meeting, the officials of the Thackeray group were told what things need to be kept in mind to win the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections.

Meanwhile, MLA Aditya Thackeray gave a special presentation in which he made allegations regarding vote theft. The allegations made by him and the evidence presented are now being discussed everywhere. He claimed that there is a huge discrepancy in the voter list.

Aditya Thackeray’s claim

Aditya Thackeray started his presentation at the beginning of the meeting. He said that there has been a huge scam in the voter list. Along with this he presented many statistics, photographs, and examples of voting cards.

He said that if this alleged disturbance is to be stopped, then the group leaders will have to be alert. He instructed that you should read the voter list that you have and see whether you really know these voters or not.

What allegations did Aditya Thackeray make?

During this meeting, he alleged, ‘We are waiting for when the elections will be held, but the most important thing in this is vote theft. Vote theft means election theft. After the Lok Sabha elections, it seemed that the Mahavikas Aghadi government would come, but they stole the votes. Aditya Thackeray said that people used to tell him ‘there is a glitch in the EVM’, ‘there is a glitch in the VVPAT’, but now the irregularities have come to light in the voter list itself.

At the time of Lok Sabha elections, there were 2,52,970 voters in Worli Assembly constituency, which increased to 2,63,352 in the Assembly elections. That means there was an increase of 16,043 votes in just a few months. He said that 19,333 voters are doubtful in Worli area. The names of 502 voters are almost identical.

For example, the name of voter Girish Gajanan Mhatre’s father has been mentioned as Bhanji Patel. Apart from this, the gender of women voters like Gauri Gagan Gupta and Tejshree Hadkar has been described as ‘male’. The gender of a total of 643 voters has been wrongly recorded.

Mistakes in photos, addresses and dead voters

In Worli area, there are 4,177 voters who have no address, the home address of 67 voters has only ‘Jho Jho Jho’ written in them. He alleged that 38 voters are registered in a single room. Some voter cards do not have photographs. One card has only a picture of a nose.

Aditya Thackeray said this is not limited to Worli only. There are lakhs of such voters in Mumbai. Some voters are dead, but are still present in the list. Multiple people are shown at the same address on multiple cards. After these allegations of Aditya Thackeray, there has been an earthquake in the politics of Maharashtra.

Raj thackeray uddhav thackeray alliance: Prakash Mahajan, senior leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), has laid a major condition before it comes to talk on the alliance with Uddhav Thackeray. Prakash Mahajan says that if Shiv Sena wants to come with UBT MNS, then Aditya Thackeray comes forward and comes and meets Raj Thackeray himself.

Prakash Mahajan also explained the reason behind his condition. He says that if you want to talk to Raj Thackeray about the alliance, then Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) will have to send the leader of a high post to the MNS chief. If Uddhav Thakar pursue a junior leader, then Raj Thackeray will also send it to a junior leader.

‘Understand the views of Raj Thackeray Aditya Thackeray’
According to the report of the news agency PTI, the MNS leader said that if the alliance is to be held then Aditya Thackeray should come forward and understand Raj Saheb’s views. If Aditya Thackeray goes for talks, then both sides will understand the seriousness.

It is known that former Minister of State Aditya Thackeray is the son of Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray. Two days ago, Aditya Thackeray said that if someone wants to come together to protect the interests of Maharashtra, then we will take them along.

‘It is not wrong for the two brothers to come together’- MNS
At the same time, Prakash Mahajan emphasized that there is no harm in the plan of the Thackeray brothers who were politically separated. He said that MNS had tried this in the year 2014 and 2017.

What did Uddhav and Raj Thackeray say?
The statements of cousins ​​Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray intensified that both wanted to come back together. His statements indicated that they could ignore ‘small issues’ and join hands after almost 20 years of bitter separation.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray had said that it is not difficult to unite in the interest of Marathi Manus (Marathi speaking people). At the same time, former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that he is ready to leave behind small battles, provided that those who work against the interests of Maharashtra should not be preferred.