Things look south for the MVA alliance after a serious setback in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Polls. Shiv Sena has sacked leader Eknath Shinde from the party’s chief whip post.
Mumbai: After alleged reports of 21 MLAs and leader Eknath Shinde’s disappearance to Gujarat, Shiv Sena has sacked leader Eknath Shinde from the party’s chief whip post.
“We are Balasaheb’s staunch Shiv Sainiks … Balasaheb has taught us Hindutva .. We have never and will never cheat for power regarding Balasaheb’s thoughts and Dharmaveer Anand Dighe Saheb’s teachings”, Shinde tweeted around the same time.
Sources have further said that Ajay Chaudhary, the Shiv Sena Member of Legislative Assembly has replaced Eknath Shinde as its new Legislative Party Leader.
Shiv Sena Leader and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray reportedly met with Sena MLAs today, while Congress leaders assembled at Balasaheb Thorat’s residence to assess the coalition’s present electoral condition.
Mr. Shinde reported that he was currently unhappy with the Sena leadership. Shinde and the MLAs arrived in Surat on Monday and are presently at the Le Meridian Hotel, reports added.
Amid the ongoing political developments Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut added that a conspiracy was brewing to dismantle the Uddhav Thackeray led MVA coalition out of power. He added “same pattern as in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan”. “Shiv Sena is a party of loyalists. We won’t let that happen.”
BJP Chief Chandrakant Patil from Maharashtra commented that he has ruled out any connection of his party to the on-going state of affairs. He followed with the statement that the BJP would “definitely consider” an agreement if it were to be put forward by Eknath Shinde.
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