Eknath Shinde is expected to address the media at noon on Tuesday. Mr. Shinde is a prominent Sena leader in Thane and has played a key role in strengthening the organization in the region.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has reportedly moved to a hotel in Gujarat’s Surat with at least 21 party MLAs.
According to Sources, Mr. Shinde, who is reportedly upset, is “unreachable”. The development is bound to set off alarm bells in the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government.
Shinde and the other MLAs are said to be staying in a five-star hotel in Surat, Gujarat. sources said they took a chartered flight to the city at 7 pm yesterday
Eknath Shinde is expected to address the media at noon on Tuesday. Mr. Shinde is a prominent Sena leader in Thane and has played a key role in strengthening the organization in the region.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut confirmed Eknath Shinde is not in Mumbai, but claimed that communication has been established with him.
Of late, there have been reports that Mr. Shinde is upset with the leadership and has been feeling sidelined.
The MLC elections which were held yesterday were another shocker for the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi coalition in the state after the June 10 Rajya Sabha polls as the opposition BJP managed to get its extra candidate elected as MLC, trouncing the Congress’ first preference candidate Chandrakant Handore.
All five BJP nominees were elected despite lacking the numbers, while the MVA also bagged five seats. The prime contest for the tenth seat — between Congress’ Bhai Jagtap and BJP’s Prasad Lad — came as a shocker as both won, while Congress’ first choice Handore suffered an unexpected upset, from the total of 11 candidates vying for 10 seats.
Union minister Narayan Rane’s response to Eknath Shinde not responding was “No comments should be made on such things, else what is the point of being unreachable,” he said.
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