Mumbai, Nov 19, 2025

A day after most Shiv Sena Ministers in the BJP-led Mahayuti government skipped a cabinet meeting, Shiv Sena(UBT) spokesperson Anand Dubey on Wednesday claimed that a few ministers and around 20 MLAs from the ruling faction were in touch with the party.

Speaking to IANS, Anand Dubey said, “There is an old saying: if you sow a babool tree, you cannot expect to eat mangoes. The BJP colluded with Eknath Shinde to bring down our government. The impact of that betrayal was visible in yesterday’s cabinet meeting, where more than half a dozen ministers were absent due to resentment.”

He added that there is growing friction within the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra.

“The BJP has a double-engine government and agencies like the ED and CBI with them. This has weakened

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