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Sena Ministers Skip Cabinet Meet; BJP Dismisses Talks of Discord over ‘Poaching’
Most Shiv Sena ministers boycotted the cabinet meeting to protest BJP’s poaching of Sena leaders, signaling alliance tensions ahead of upcoming elections, sources said.
- On Tuesday, most Shiv Sena ministers stayed away from the weekly cabinet meeting at Mantralaya, with only Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde attending.
- BJP's recent inductions ahead of December 2 civic polls triggered the upset, with defections from Shiv Sena leaders and former corporators in Kalyan Dombivli cited as the immediate cause.
- A meeting with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis produced a mutual agreement that Mahayuti alliance partners will refrain from inducting each other's leaders henceforth.
- The episode exposed fresh cracks in the Mahayuti ahead of local polls, and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis moved to mediate between partners to stabilize the government.
- Local shifts in Thane and Dombivli framed the larger rift, with Devendra Fadnavis noting Shiv Sena first inducted a BJP leader from Ulhasnagar, while KDMC and Thane saw multiple recent inductions.
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Fresh rift in Mahayuti: Shinde Sena skips Cabinet meet over induction of new leaders; BJP goes into damage control
Sena ministers were upset not only over the BJP inducting leaders who had taken on Sena candidates earlier, but also over alleged disparities in fund allocation and other administrative concerns.
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Shiv Sena Ministers Boycott Cabinet Meeting Over BJP Poaching
The root of the resentment lies in the BJP’s recent induction of several former corporators, office-bearers, and key leaders from the Shiv Sena in the Kalyan–Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and other districts across the state.
·Hyderabad, India
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R 55%
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