Mumbai, Maharashtra News Live Updates, Anil Deshmukh plea: For first time since the Shiv Sena’s inception 56 years ago, two Dussehra rallies will be held in Mumbai on Wednesday by the party’s rival factions — led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray — in what is being billed as a show of strength by both camps after a change in government in June. While the Uddhav Thackeray faction will hold its rally at the historic Shivaji Park in Dadar in central Mumbai, a venue associated with the Shiv Sena since its inception in 1966, the group led by Shinde has organised their event at the MMRDA ground at the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in the suburbs.
Shiv Sena Dussehra rallies: These roads in Mumbai will be closed tomorrow
In other news, a single-judge bench of Justice N J Jamadar of the Bombay High Court granted bail plea to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in money laundering case lodged by Enforcement Directorate (ED). While Deshmukh is granted bail in ED case, he’s still in custody in connection with CBI case. The Court said bail order shall become effective from October 13.
Meanwhile, before the Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) elections in Mumbai, the bypolls of Andheri East legislative Assembly constituency on November 3 will be the first litmus test for the former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena. The Election Commission of India (EC) on Monday announced the date for the bypolls to the Andheri (East) Assembly constituency in Mumbai, the first election in the city after the split in the Shiv Sena and fall of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government.
Andheri East bypoll a test for Uddhav faction after split in party; MLAs across parties want Shinde to keep politics, governance separate; Follow for Live Updates
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