Another big news has come out from Maharashtra politics, in which Uddhav Thackeray has suffered a big political blow. Shiv Sena (UBT) Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Sachin Ahir has decided to leave the party and join Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
Maharashtra Political: Once again a major political development has been seen in the politics of Maharashtra. Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) suffered a blow when senior party leader and Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Sachin Ahir decided to leave Uddhav Thackeray and join Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Immediately after this political change, Shinde faction has also filed nomination making him the candidate for the post of Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council.
Continuous break from Uddhav Thackeray camp
This move of Sachin Ahir is being considered as another big political loss for the Uddhav Thackeray faction. For some time now, there has been a continuous change of leaders in the politics of Maharashtra, due to which the position of Shiv Sena (UBT) seems to be weakening. Political analysts believe that this development may further tilt the balance of power in the state towards the Shinde faction.
This entire incident is once again being seen as an extension of ‘Operation Tiger’. Even before this, under this strategy, the Uddhav Thackeray group had suffered a major setback, when many of their MPs and leaders had joined the Shinde camp. In political circles, ‘Operation Tiger’ is used for the strategy in which MLAs or MPs of one party are included in the other party in an organized manner.
The base of Shiv Sena (UBT) camp has been broken earlier also.
Earlier, Uddhav Thackeray’s faction had suffered a major setback in the Lok Sabha too, when 6 out of 9 MPs of his party, Eknath Shinde, had joined the faction. This defection was considered a turning point in Maharashtra politics, as it significantly weakened Shiv Sena’s (UBT) strength in Parliament. According to the Anti-Defection Law of the Indian Constitution, if at least two-thirds of the members of a party simultaneously secede and join another faction, then there is no threat to their membership.
Under this rule, after the departure of 6 Shiv Sena MPs together, their Lok Sabha membership remained safe. Under the leadership of Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena seems to be continuously strengthening its political position. Recent developments clearly indicate that the Shinde faction is now increasing its hold at both organizational and institutional levels in Maharashtra politics.
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