Scuffle Breaks Out Between NCP, Shinde Faction MLAs Outside Maharashtra Assembly

Shiv Sena's Mahesh Shinde and NCP's Amol Mitkari virtually came to blows during the altercation.

An altercation occurred outside the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday, 24 August, between Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena faction and members of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

NCP MLAs carried carrots and raised slogans on the steps of the Assembly, opposing the state government.

When the Shinde faction tried to snatch the carrots, a scuffle broke out between them, during which Sena MLA Mahesh Shinde and the NCP's Amol Mitkari virtually came to blows.

Scenes from outside the #MaharashtraAssembly: Scuffle broke out between MLAs from the Shinde-BJP camp and those from the MVA. @TheQuint pic.twitter.com/5JPWhFBUWj

— Himanshi Dahiya (@himansshhi) August 24, 2022