New Delhi, 28/7: More than a week after 12 Shiv Sena members of Parliament (MPs) joined the breakaway faction, led by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde, the party sought their disqualification from the Lok Sabha.
“I have sought disqualification of (the) 12 Shiv Sena rebel Lok Sabha members,” Sanjay Raut, the leader of Shiv Sena Parliamentary party, informed reporters at the Parliament complex, in New Delhi, after his meeting with the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
The 12 MPs who joined the Shinde-camp are: Bhavana Gawali (Yavatmal-Washim), Rahul Shewale (Mumbai South Central), Shrikant Shinde (Kalyan), Hemant Patil (Hingoli), Krupal Tumane (Ramtek), Sadashiv Lokhande (Shirdi), Hemant Godse (Nashik), Rajendra Gavit (Palghar), Dhairyasheel Mane (Hatkanangale), Shrirang Barne (Maval), Prataprao Jadhav (Buldhana) and Sanjay Mandlik (Kolhapur