CM Eknath Shinde welcomes rebel NCP MLAs; Eknath Shinde has no plans of resigning
While addressing a news conference a day following the Chief Minister’s cancellation of all his appointments and called an urgent party meeting at his official residence in the evening, Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant dismissed reports of a churn in the party.
Meanwhile,rebel Ajit Pawar and his followers joining the government, the party said on Thursday that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has no plans of stepping down and there is no tumult in the Shiv Sena over Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Whereas the Shiv Sena leader
Uday Samant mentioned that
they are not resignation givers but takers. His leadership is to take everyone along and be patient. Yesterday, all the MLAs, MPs reposed faith in Eknath Shinde and all this reports of discontent is being done to malign Eknath Shinde.
Some reports revealed that differences had emerged amidst the two MLAs, while one said that one of the MLAs said that we should not go with NCP. But nothing of that sort happened.
Whereas Samant further added that there is no need for anyone to go anywhere. The existing Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis led government has a comfortable majority with 200 MLAs
The Shiv Sena leader, a member of the faction that broke away from the then Uddhav Thackeray-led outfit last year, said Ajit Pawar’s move had cleared them of “gaddar” (traitor) and “khoke” (crore) taunts, referring to jibes that have beset the rebel camp them since they switched sides.
Now it is aptly clear that Ajit Pawar joining BJP means that last time, the last coalition Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress was not working well.
Speaking on Wednesday’s meeting, he said, “All MLAs and MPs of Shiv Sena were present yesterday. We discussed what needs to be done for the upcoming elections. We also discussed how we can win more seats.
The comments -follow reports that Shiv Sena MLAs supporting Eknath Shinde had been uncomfortable with Ajit Pawar’s entry into Maharashtra’s ruling coalition, pointing out that Sena founder Bal Thackeray would never have associated with
The argument was seen as a thorny one for Shinde, who split Shiv Sena alleging that Uddhav Thackeray has deviated from his father’s ideology and claimed Bal Thackeray’s legacy.
Alliance with Sharad Pawar’s party and the Congress was his biggest grouse against the former Chief Minister.
The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena has been rubbing it in. On Monday, the party tweeted a video of Shinde’s earlier statements, captioning it “What will you say now?”. The MLAs were also displeased on the space in the ministry shrinking following NCP’s entry.
News input KV Raman
