SHINDE REMOVED AS LEADER OF SENA
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday removed rebel leader and chief minister Eknath Shinde from the post of leader of the party.
In the Sena hierarchy, Neta or leader is a significant post. There are 12 posts of Neta in the party’s executive body.
“You have been indulging in in anti-party activities and have also voluntarily given up your membership,” wrote Thackeray in his letter letter to Eknath Shinde informing him about his removal.
Shinde led the rebellion of 39 MLAS against Thackeray and on Thursday joined hands with the BJP to form a government in the state. Soon after his rebellion, Uddhav Thackeray had removed Shinde as leader of the Sena on the floor of the assembly and appointed Ajay Chaudhary in his place. The Shinde faction, however, has been insisting that theirs is the real Shiv Sena.
Utkarsh Anand
NEW DELHI: Suspended Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Nupur Sharma’s controversial comments on Prophet Mohammed during a TV debate in May were “single-handedly responsible for putting the entire nation on fire” and even led to the Udaipur tailor’s killing earlier this week, the Supreme Court said on Friday, trashing her request to consider transferring all the first information reports (FIRS) against her to Delhi.
“This lady is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country… The outcome of her statement is what happened in Udaipur... the unfortunate killing in Udaipur. Her remarks were extremely disturbing,” observed a bench of justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala, adding that Sharma must apologise to the whole nation for her “loose tongue” that ignited strong emotions just to fan an agenda.
The bench remarked that her plea seeking to either quash or stay the proceedings in FIRS against her shows her “obstinate and arrogant char