Centre provides Y security cover to 15 Shiv Sena MLAs of Eknath Shinde camp

The Central government has provided Y+ category security cover of armed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to 15 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs of Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde's camp, sources said on Sunday.
​Eknath Shinde camp

Eknath Shinde camp

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New Delhi: The Central government has provided Y+ category security cover of armed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to 15 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs of Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde's camp, sources said on Sunday.
The rebel MLAs, who have been accorded the CRPF secuirty cover, include: Ramesh Bornare, Mangesh Kudalkar, Sanjay Shirsat, Latabai Sonawane, Prakas Surve, Sadanand Saranavnkar, Yogesh Dada Kadam, Pratap Sarnaik, Yamini Jadhav, Pradeep Jaiswal, Sanjay Rathod, Dadaji Bhuse, Dilip Lande, Balaji Kalyanar, Sandipan Bhumare, ANI reported.
The development comes as the ongoing political crisis in the state is showing no sign of heading towards a resolution.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition government in Maharashtra is battling a revolt by a group of Sena MLAs led by Shinde.
The MVA government has been accusing the opposition BJP of causing political instability in the state. However, the saffron party has refuted the charges and said that it has no role in the ongoing crisis.
Shinde met BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis in Gujarat’s Vadodara last night, according to sources. The two reportedly discussed the possible regime change in Maharashtra. Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also in Vadodara last night, people privy to the matter said.
On Saturday, Sena workers loyal to Thackeray staged protests against the rebel MLAs by defacing their banners, hurling stones in some places and vandalising the office of an MLA in Pune.
In a tweet in Marathi, Shinde said, "My dear Shiv Sena workers, try to understand the machinations of the MVA. I am fighting for rescuing the Shiv Sena and Sena workers from the clutches of the python of the MVA." "I dedicate this fight to the interest of Shiv Sena workers," he added.
Shinde on Saturday wrote to Thackeray, state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and DGP alleging that security cover provided to the rebel MLAs at their residence and to their family members has been withdrawn “as an act of revenge”.
In his letter, Shinde, who is presently camping with rebel MLAs at a Guwahati hotel, said that the “sinister move” is an attempt to break their resolve and arm twist them to give into the demands of the MVA government comprising of “NCP and Congress goons”.
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