Maharashtra political crisis: Shiv Sena ready for both street and legal fight, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said his party is ready for a street fight and a legal battle ahead of the crucial hearing in the Supreme Court against the disqualification notice issued by the Maharashtra Assemblys deputy speaker to rebel party MLAsOn his remarks made on Sunday that 40 bodies will come from Assam and will be sent directly to the morgue for postmortem in a reference to the rebel MLAs Raut said he was speaking about the dead conscience of the legislators and that they are living corpses nowI have not done anything to hurt anyones feelings I have only stated the fact that your rebel MLAs conscience is dead and you are a living corpse the Shiv Senas chief spokesperson told reportersThis is a legal fight and a street fight It will take place and the party is ready for it Raut addedRebel MLA Shinde on Sunday moved the Supreme Court against the disqualification notice issued by the deputy speaker to him and 15 other rebel legislators calling the action illegal and unconstitutional and seeking a stay on itRaut said the rebel MLAs have to come back to Maharashtra and the real test will be in the state AssemblyYou cannot stop peoples anger No police or law can control it Which is why you accepted the slavery of the BJP and got protection Raut said against the backdrop of the Centre extending Yplus security cover of CRPF commandos to at least 15 rebel Shiv Sena legislatorsThe Sena workers have resorted to protest and even vandalism at some places in Maharashtra against the rebel MLAsHitting back at the Shinde camp which has asked Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to exit the alliance with the Congress and the NCP Raut asked how can the rebel MLAs align with the BJP which had tied up with the PDPs proPakistan Mehbooba Mufti in Kashmir or the BJP government at the Centre which was not aware from where the explosives that killed 40 security personnel in Pulwama Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 came fromHe dared the rebel MLAs to point out one instance where the Shiv Sena deserted HindutvaThe rebel MLAs cannot garner votes using central agencies the Rajya Sabha member saidOn Maharashtra minister Uday Samant becoming the latest Sena legislator to join the Shinde camp Raut said how could someone be blamed if a senior leader like Shinde who has spent 40 years in the organisation felt like deserting the partyMajority of the Shiv Sena MLAs have sided with Shinde and are currently camping in Assams Guwahati city plunging the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who heads the Sena into a crisisThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever