3 more Shiv Sena MLAs reach Guwahati to join Eknath Shinde; CM Uddhav Thackeray shifts from official residence to Matoshri
Shinde claimed that 34 MLAs from his party supported him and passed a resolution to reinstate him as leader of the Shiv Sena legislative party.
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Mumbai, June 23: Three more Shiv Sena MLAs reached Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati, Assam, where Eknath Shinde, the rebel leader, is currently at. Shinde had been staying in Surat earlier with other rebel leaders of the party and flew to Guwahati on June 22.
The political unrest in Maharashtra started after reports of cross-voting during MLC elections, where BJP won 5 seats despite lacking enough numbers in the assembly. Eknath Shinde went untraceable after the results. Later it was reported that the rebel leaders of Shiv Sena were lodged in a hotel in Surat from where they shifted to Assam.
In a statement, Shinde has called the MVA alliance between Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena an ‘unnatural alliance’.
4 other MLAs - Chandrakant Patil, Yogesh Kadam, Manjula Gavit and Gulabrao Patil, reached Guwahati on Wednesday night. Notably, Shinde claimed that 34 MLAs from his party supported him and passed a resolution to reinstate him as leader of the Shiv Sena legislative party.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray left his official residence ‘Varsha’ along with his family members. The reports of him leaving the official residence came hours after he issued a statement that he was ready to step down from CM post if the rebels return to Mumbai and asks for his removal. He said, “If any MLA wants me to not continue as the CM, I am ready to take all my belongings from Varsha Bungalow to Matoshri.”
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In the resolution signed, it was stated that the ideology of Shiv Sena was compromised in the last two years. They also expressed their dismay over alleged ‘corruption in the government’ referring to the cases of Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh who are currently lodged in jail.
The political unrest in Maharashtra started after reports of cross-voting during MLC elections, where BJP won 5 seats despite lacking enough numbers in the assembly. Eknath Shinde went untraceable after the results. Later it was reported that the rebel leaders of Shiv Sena were lodged in a hotel in Surat from where they shifted to Assam.