Guwahati: 15 Shiv Sena MLAs who defected to Eknath Shinde’s side and are currently in Guwahati of Assam has received ‘Y+’ category security protection from armed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers on Sunday.
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, and Sandipan Bhumare are the rebel MLAs who have received
This development comes a day after Eknath Shinde claimed that the security protection given to the dissident MLAs’ families had been revoked in a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil, DGP Rajnish Seth, and others.
Shinde, who is now camped out in Guwahati with the rebel lawmakers, also tweeted a letter addressed to Uddhav Thackeray and the state’s home minister Dilip Walse Patil that was signed by 16 MLAs.
The lawmakers said in the letter that any injury to their family members would be the responsibility of Thackeray and the members of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.