‘I want to free Shiv Sena from the clutches of dragon, MVA’: Eknath Shinde

Mumbai: Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde said Shiv Sena workers should try to understand that what they are trying to do is to save the party from the clutches of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government – Sharad Pawar The alliance of Shiv Sena with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Congress and several other parties and independent MLAs. Eknath Shinde tweeted in Marathi, “Shiv Sena workers should understand that I want to free Shiv Sena and its workers from the clutches of python named MVA Sarkar and I am fighting for it. This fight for the betterment of party workers. Is.” ,

Shinde’s appeal came after Shiv Sena workers loyal to party president and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray staged protests after removing banners of rebel MLAs led by him, pelting stones at some places and vandalizing an MLA’s office in Pune. Is. Shinde and his supporters have earlier said that they want the Shiv Sena to come out of the “unnatural” Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance with the Congress and the NCP and revive the alliance with the BJP.


In another video tweeted by Shinde, rebel Shiv Sena MLA Chimanrao Patil was seen saying, “We are traditionally rivals of NCP and Congress, they are our primary challengers in constituencies. We have requested CM Uddhav Thackeray.” done that the natural alliance should be done.”

Meanwhile, another rebel MLA Mahesh Shinde on Saturday claimed that the NCP is planning to eliminate Shiv Sena. He claimed that NCP MLAs are getting more money than Shiv Sena MLAs for development works in their constituencies. The rebel MLA further claimed that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray failed to stop inequality. “As a result, the MLAs urged Eknath Shinde to play a ‘big role’ to save Shiv Sena. The money was unevenly distributed and the CM was aware of it. The CM’s directions were overturned by the Deputy CM. NCP Was trying systematically. Eliminate Shiv Sena in their constituencies. This led to rebellion,” Mahesh Shinde said. “NCP is planning to eliminate Shiv Sena… We all MLAs repeatedly complained to CM about injustice by NCP but to no avail. So we urged Eknath Shinde to save Shiv Sena. To play a bigger role,” Mahesh Shinde said. And did the development work of his rivals and also inaugurated them. It went on continuously,” he said.

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Eknath Shinde claims that he has the support of 38 of the 55 Shiv Sena MLAs, which is more than two-thirds of the party’s strength in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly. This means they can either quit and form another political party or merge with another without being disqualified from the state assembly. According to the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution, which deals with the anti-defection law, any group of MPs can leave a party and form another or merge with another party without disqualification if they are at least one of the party’s members. At least two-thirds are MLAs. original power.

(with ANI inputs)