Eknath Shinde was expected to address the media at noon on Tuesday however, he has not turned up or interacted with the media yet.
Once a probable Chief Minister candidate of the Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde, is reportedly upset with the party on interference by the party’s youth wing members in the working of MLAs and CM Uddhav Thackeray’s unavailability to communicate with legislators.
Eknath Shinde has reportedly moved to a hotel in Gujarat’s Surat with at least 21 party MLAs.
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.
Who Is Eknath Shinde?
Currently serving as Minister of Urban Affairs in the MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) government in Maharashtra under the leadership of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the 1980s Shinde was influenced by Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray and eventually joined the party working as a Sainik.
During that period he participated in many agitations, such as the Maharashtra – Karnataka Agitation, after which he was in jail for 40 days.
In 1997, he was allowed to contest the election of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) as a corporator which was the turning point of his political career and arguably his graph only went upwards.After he won with a handsome majority in the civic polls.
In 2001, he got elected as a Leader of the house in TMC he held the post till 2004.
Mr. Shinde, represents the Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane.Mr Shinde was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for the first time in 2004 and was since re-elected thrice (2009, 2014, and 2019).
After his 2014 victory, he was elected as the leader of the legislative party of Shiv Sena and subsequently the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly after the Shiv Sena parted ways with former allies Bhartiya Janta Party.
He has also taken an oath as (state) Minister Of Public Works Department in 2014.
Moreover in 2019 the Sena loyalist was rewarded with Health and Family Welfare Ministry as well.
Eknath Shinde was expected to address a press conference at noon on Tuesday.
However, he has not turned up or interacted with the media yet.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena National Spokesperson Sanjay Raut reacting to the political chaos in the state said “Attempts to topple the state government using Eknath Shinde will not succeed. Shinde is a loyal party worker who has participated in agitations with us several times. He is Bala Sahab’s soldier,” Raut further claimed that communication has been established with Mr. Shinde.
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