The power tussle in Maharashtra between the BJP and Shiv Sena has pushed the Uddhav Thackeray-led party to ask its MPs in the Rajya Sabha to sit in the opposition benches in the Parliament. Speaking on this development, party leader Sanjay Raut has said that their MPs will sit in the opposition benches in Rajya Sabha. "We have got to know that the seating arrangement of two Shiv Sena MPs has been changed in the Parliament," he said. Earlier, Shiv Sena walked out of the NDA government post failing of government formation talks with BJP in Maharashtra over the '50-50 formula' and their minister also resigning from the Modi cabinet. Sena had also said that it will not be attending the NDA meeting ahead of the start of Parliament's winter session.

Source: dna November 17, 2019 06:38 UTC