Gawli, who represents the Yavatmal-Washim LS constituency in eastern Maharashtra, was one of the Shiv Sena MPs amid the Eknath-led rebellion that suggested the party ally with the BJP again. Shinde,
In a letter to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi, Raut wrote: “You are informed that Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party has nominated Rajan Vichare, MP (LS) as Chief Whip in Lok Sabha. Bhawna GawliMP (LS), with immediate effect.” Raut is the leader of the Shiv Sena parliamentary party.
Vichare represents the Thane Lok Sabha constituency. CM Eknath Shinde is also a resident of Thane. Vichare and Shinde have credited late Shiv Sena leader Anand Dighe for their political journey.
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Shiv Sena has 18 MPs in Lok Sabha and three in Rajya Sabha.
Earlier in the day, rebel Shiv Sena MLA Gulabrao Patil had claimed that 12 out of 18 Shiv Sena MPs would soon join the Eknath Shinde-led faction.
A day ago Shiv Sena Lok Sabha member Rahul Shewale He had urged Uddhav Thackeray to ask party MPs to support NDA’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu, considering her tribal roots and contribution to the social sector.
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The whip played a key role in the recent political crisis, which culminated in the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government and the swearing-in of Eknath Shinde as the new chief minister.
The factions led by Shinde and Thackeray had issued a whip for the election of the Speaker of the Assembly and voting during the trust vote of the Shinde-led government. There is a dispute amongst themselves over the validity of the whip.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 11 a fresh petition by the Uddhav Thackeray faction challenging the decision of the newly-elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to recognize the new party whip of Shiv Sena rebels led by CM Shinde.
(with inputs from PTI)