Have support of 50 MLAs, 40 from Sena: Shinde amid Maha political crisis

Amid Maharashtra political crisis, rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has claimed that more than 50 MLAs are supporting him. "Nearly 40 of them are from Shiv Sena," he added. Commenting on Sena's move seeking disqualification of 12 rebel MLAs, Shinde remarked, "What was done yesterday is illegal...We're the people in the majority and numbers are important in a democracy."