Raj Thackeray, the MNS chief, was discharged from hospital last evening and Mr. Shinde inquired about his health, said the leader.
Mumbai: Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde, leading an unprecedented coup against the party chief and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, spoke to his cousin Raj Thackeray on the phone, according to reports.
Eknath Shinde spoke to Raj Thackeray twice and discussed the “recent political situation in Maharashtra” and his health, according to a leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
Raj Thackeray, the MNS chief, was discharged from hospital last evening and Mr. Shinde inquired about his health, said the leader.
As reported by news agency ANI, “Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde spoke to MNS chief Raj Thackeray over the phone twice. Shinde spoke to Thackeray about the recent political situation in Maharashtra and enquired about his health,” ANI quoted the MNS leader as saying, without naming him.
Raj Thackeray parted ways with the Shiv Sena and founded his party in 2006.
Eknath Shinde claims he has the support of 38 Shiv Sena MLAs, enough to claim in the assembly that his group is the real Sena.
He has challenged decisions by the Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari zirwal, who belongs to Sena ally Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), including his replacement as Sena legislative party leader and the disqualification notices to 16 rebel MLAs.
The Supreme Court will hear the petitions by Mr. Shinde and by other rebel MLAs.
The Sena rebels, led by Mr. Shinde, have been staying at a hotel in Assam’s Guwahati since Wednesday.
Meanwhile, On Sunday, Mr. Shinde tweeted that the rebel MLAs were willing to die for Hindutva.
“Even if we have to die to follow the ideology of Hindutva, we will consider it as our destiny,” he said.
His remark came after Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut called the rebel MLAs “living corpses” whose “souls are dead”.
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