Aaditya Thackeray claimed that Eknath Shinde, the rebel groupโs leader, was offered the position of Chief Minister in May but โhe did drama.โ
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray blasted party rebel MLAs who are staying at a Guwahati hotel, blaming them of โbetrayingโ the party and asserting that โdirt has come out of Shiv Sena.โ
When Assam was suffering with floods in some parts of the state, Mr. Thackeray claimed the party rebels were โenjoyingโ themselves in Guwahati while speaking to Shivsainiks in Mumbai notwithstanding the political unrest the MVA government in Maharashtra was undergoing.
Aaditya Thackeray claimed that Eknath Shinde, the rebel groupโs leader, was offered the position of chief minister in May but โhe did drama.โ
โMany people told us that Congress & NCP will betray us but our people betrayed us. Many MLAs who were watchmen, rickshaw drivers, and paan shopkeepers โ we made them Ministers. On 20th May, Uddhav Thackeray offered him (Eknath Shinde) the CM post and he did drama,โ Aaditya Thackeray added.
Through his words he expressed the dissident anger the party workers had against Shindeโs current actions.
โI can understand your zeal and strength, can even notice your anger. Iโve been visiting and interacting with Shivsainiks and I can see there is a lot of anger among them. But there is one positive thing the dirt has gone out of Shiv Sena,โ he said.
He said that the receipts of bills consumed by the MLAs were close to Rs 9 lakh per day and accused them of using private helicopters for travel.
โThey (rebel MLAs) went to Guwahati where thereโs a flood situation & many people are without shelter & food. They (rebel MLAs) are enjoying there. Bill for meals (for them) in one day is โน 9 Lakhs, they are taking private choppers and enjoying there. Shame on them,โ he added.
Aaditya Thackeray pointed out earlier this yearโs Income Tax searches on party corporator Yashwant Jadhav, who is married to rebel MLA Yamini Jadhav; he claimed they had protested the action of the Income Tax Department, but her comments had made him cry.
โWhen there was a raid on Yamini Jadhav (rebel MLA) & Yashwant, we came out on streets. Yโday Yamini Jadhav said it was not needed. Many people had suggested to not give them chance but we gave them opportunity. What she said yesterday brought tears to my eyes,โ he said.
The Supreme Court, which on Monday granted Mr. Shinde as well as other MLAs interim relief, ordered them to react to disqualification notices issued to them by the Deputy Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly by July 12 at 5.30 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker had earlier given them till Monday at 5.30 p.m. to submit a reply.
The Supreme Court was considering on the Shinde groupโs petitions challenging the Deputy Speakerโs warnings of 16 rebel MLAsโ disqualification as well as the selection of Ajay Choudhary to lead the Shiv Sena Legislative Party.
The bench even sent notices to the Centre, Ajay Chaudhary, Sunil Prabhu, the Deputy Speaker, and the Secretary of the Maharashtra State Legislative Assembly. Asking them to submit a reply within 5 days.
In reply to 39 MLAsโ request for security due to the alleged threats against them, the Supreme Court observed the statement of Rahul Chitnis, the Maharashtra governmentโs standing counsel, that provision have already been taken, and the state government will go much further to ensure that the MLAsโ lives, freedoms, and property are not jeopardized.
Senior attorney Neeraj Kishan Kaul testified before the Supreme Court at the hearing on behalf of Eknath Shinde and others that the Deputy Speaker cannot begin the disqualifying process while the motion calling for his removal is still under review.
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