At a meeting held in Guwahati on Saturday, the Eknath Shinde-led faction of rebel Shiv Sena leaders announced that it was naming itself the ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb Group’.
The development comes amid the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena presses for their disqualification from the assembly.
Meanwhile, Shinde alleged that the Maharashtra government has withdrawn the security cover provided at the residences of 16 rebel legislators, including himself.
Shinde, who is currently camping in Guwahati with the rebel legislators, tweeted a letter signed by the 16 MLAs that is addressed to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil.
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In the letter, the legislators said CM Thackeray and the leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance will be responsible if any harm is caused to their family members.