<span style="color: #222222;">The Central Reserve Police Force has provided Y plus security cover to some of the MLAs of the Eknath Shinde faction camping in Guwahati.<br />''<br />''The security to these MLAs comes at a time when Mr. Shinde had yesterday alleged that the police protection to the MLAs and family members of the dissidents was removed by the Maharashtra Police. The allegations were swiftly refuted by State Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil.<br />''<br />''On the other hand, as Maharashtra's political turmoil triggered by a strife within the ruling Shiv Sena entered its sixth day today, Sena MP Sanjay Raut revealed that had the Bharatiya Janata Party kept their promise of sharing the Maharashtra Chief Minister's post with his party for two-and-a-half years, then Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray himself would have put forward rebel Sena leader Eknath Shinde's name as the CM.<br />''<br />''Raut said he was still in talks with a section of legislators camping in Guwahati, hinting that they would be taken into the Sena's fold if they returned to Mumbai.  He criticised the rebel camp for sitting in Guwahati and teaching Uddhav Thackeray and the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra about loyalty to party founder late Bal Thackeray. Challenging the rebel MLAs, Mr. Raut said if they have the guts, they should resign and show the courage to win elections from their respective constituencies. The Rajya Sabha MP Raut, expressed confidence that the MVA government would survive, despite 2/3rd MLAs joining the Shinde camp.<br />''<br />''He asserted that the rebellion of Mr. Shinde and the 40-odd MLAs with him was "no political earthquake, saying that the Sena had endured several such 'earthquakes' to emerge unscathed.<br />''<br />''He reiterated that Uddhav Thackeray became the CM as he was urged by NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to lead the newly-formed MVA government.  <br />''<br />''Responding to Mr. Raut, BJP Maharashtra president Chandrakant Patil denied having any knowledge of a 'secret meeting' between rebel Mr. Shinde, Home Minister Amit Shah and Mr. Fadnavis in Gujarat's Vadodara. Patil said, nothing in Maharashtra's political situation has transpired until now for the BJP to clarify its stance. He said, his party is obviously monitoring the situation closely. </span><br />