BJP no longer needs Shinde, claims NCP (SP); asks Dy CM to quit Mahayuti alliance
Mumbai, Nov 19 (PTI): NCP (SP) spokesperson Clyde Crasto on Wednesday said the reported friction between Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena ministers indicates that the BJP no longer needs Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
Referring to reports that Shinde attended a cabinet meeting alone after his ministers allegedly stayed away, Crasto said the developments show “Fadnavis has no respect for Shinde” and that the ministers themselves have “scant respect” for the deputy CM.
“If Eknath Shinde has any self-respect, he should leave the alliance with the BJP. If he does not move out at the right time, he will be shown the door soon,” Crasto said in a statement on X.
The BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP, headed by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, are the constituents of the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra.
Crasto claimed the BJP has sent out a clear message that it “does not need Shinde anymore”.
Sena ministers, barring Shinde, skipped the weekly cabinet meeting on Tuesday, apparently over the BJP inducting their party leaders and workers in parts of the state, intensifying the unease in the Mahayuti ahead of the local body polls.
A meeting between Fadnavis and Sena ministers led by Shinde later brought a truce. Talking to reporters, Shinde said it was decided that the Mahayuti allies should refrain from inducting each other’s leaders.
News of Mr.Devendra Fadnavis giving a piece of his mind to Ministers of Shinde Sena and Mr.Eknath Shinde attending the Cabinet meeting alone because his Ministers boycotted it, means...#Fadnavis has no respect for #Shinde and also his Ministers have scant respect for him.… pic.twitter.com/cOmXzeQ6C8
— Clyde Crasto (@Clyde_Crasto) November 19, 2025
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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
