Ten months after the coup, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde found himself contending with the ambitious ally BJP and former camp-mates in the Thackeray-led army
Mumbai,date of issue: April 17, 2023 , Updates: April 8, 2023 02:35 AM IST
CM Shinde arrives for assembly budget session, March 16; (Photo: Mandar Deodhar)
IIt’s been 10 months since his coup toppled the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde finds himself fighting a battle on two fronts. Besides building his party’s base to counter the Shiv Sena’s Thackeray faction, Shinde must also counter the growing belligerence of his senior ally, the BJP.