Uddhav's Sena, NCP Get Notice For 'Traitors' Day' Protest To Mark 1 Year Of Eknath Shinde's Rebellion

NCP said it will observe June 20 as "Gaddar Day" (Traitors' Day) to mark the first anniversary of the rebellion after 40 MLAs broke away from Shiv Sena under Eknath Shinde

Workers of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party on Tuesday were issued a notice by Mumbai Police warning them not to hamper law and order situation as the two pirates announced a protest marking one year of rebellion within Shiv Sena. NCP said it will observe June 20 as "Gaddar Day" (Traitors' Day) to mark the first anniversary of the rebellion after 40 MLAs broke away from the party under Eknath Shinde resulting in the collapse of Maha Vikas Aghadi government. 

Jayant Patil, the state chief of the NCP, has called upon party cadres to protest against the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs. Patil urged NCP workers to stage demonstrations across the state, symbolically displaying "khoke" (boxes of money) that allegedly facilitated the rise to power of the Eknath Shinde government, reported news agency PTI. 

He emphasised that the Shinde camp, which was allotted the party name and the bow & arrow symbol by the Election Commission, will soon lose its temporary joy and its days in the government are numbered.

Previously, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP held public meetings to explain the Supreme Court verdict on the political crisis in Maharashtra. They discussed how Speaker Rahul Narvekar is obligated to disqualify the 16 rebel MLAs.

On June 20, 2022, Eknath Shinde and some MLAs from Shiv Sena (undivided) gathered at a hotel in Surat following the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, where the BJP won a fifth seat despite lacking sufficient numbers in the Assembly. 

Shinde became untraceable after the Council poll results, and it later emerged that he was staying at the hotel with party MLAs. The number of MLAs supporting Shinde increased, and they were eventually flown to Guwahati.

Shinde and the other MLAs returned to Mumbai on June 29 after Uddhav Thackeray resigned as Chief Minister without facing the floor test. It was later revealed that Shinde had the support of 39 out of 56 MLAs from Shiv Sena, which is led by Uddhav Thackeray. Shinde took oath as Chief Minister on June 30, with Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP becoming his deputy.