New Delhi: The Shiva Sena-led administration is in the process of fall.
21 Sena lawmakers under the leadership of Eknath Shinde started a rebellion.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackarey is watching the emerging threat to his regime with horror.
Only Sharad Pawar of NCP could be of some help to shore up the government. Hence all eyes are on him.
This is by far the biggest threat to the Uddhav Thackeray government.
BJP's surgical strike on Shiv Sena rattled the leadership of three parties -- the Congress, the NCP and the Shiv Sena.
The Congress has rushed in its state in-charge H.K. Patil just as Pawar is stepping in to save the government.
The Congress is counting its flock to stop them from crossing over to the BJP camp.
However, sign of bickering is evident in the Congress following the MLC polls.
The Congress' second candidate lost to BJP; and in Rajya Sabha polls too, BJP managed to get through.
The Congress is pinning its hope on Sharad Pawar to save the government.
Ruling parties are stunned after lawmakers opposing Udhav Thackarey moved to Surat.
This could be another Madhya Pradesh in the making, said a Congress leader.
Sharad Pawar on Tuesday expressed ignorance of Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde having chief ministerial ambitions.
Pawar promised soon to find solution for political crisis in Maharashtra.
The BJP is also wary of getting lawmakers poached by the ruling front.
It is flying all its 106 MLAs to Gujarat, to host them a resort near Ahmedabad.
After his meeting with senior BJP leaders, Eknath Shinde will hand in his papers to Uddhav Thackeray, sources say.
The entire operation started post the MLC elections.
In two batches 25 Shiv Sena MLAs reached Surat early Tuesday morning, while a third group reached Surat in a flight on Tuesday evening.
Source: IANS with edits