Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, June 26: Supporters of party leader and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray organised protests on Sunday against the dissident politicians in some areas of Pune and Mumbai amid the continuing political crisis in Maharashtra caused by a mutiny by senior Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde and others.
Sena members and local officials held “jode maro” (shoe-hitting) demonstrations and sang anti-rebel chants outside Balgandharva auditorium and in Kothrud, under the direction of Pune city unit president Gajanan Tharkude.
Nagpur, Maharashtra | Shiv Sena workers hold protest against rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde as well as other rebel MLAs pic.twitter.com/822YDDMUJ0
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The party workers were observed using their shoes to hit Shinde’s photograph. A two-wheeler demonstration was also organised in favour of Thackeray, he said, adding that party corporators, local office-bearers, and workers participated in the agitations.
Tanaji Sawant, a rebel MLA, had his office vandalised on Saturday by Sena members, led by corporator Vishal Dhanwade, for “betryaing” chief minister Thackeray.
Meanwhile, in Mumbai, several party members, including women gathered in front of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana’s office in Prabhadevi and staged a two-wheeler protest, shouting abuse at Shinde and the dissident MLAs.
