Shinde camp strengthens as 32 Ex-Navi Mumbai Corporators extend support to CM
"All these corporators, Shiv Sena office-bearers and the office-bearers of the women"s wing have reposed faith in my stance. I thank them as I am taking forward Balasaheb Thackeray"s stance and the thoughts of Anand Dighe," Shinde said.
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Mumbai, July 8: A major part of former Shiv Sena corporators from Navi Mumbai have now extended support to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. 32 of 38 corporators who won the 2015 Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation polls on a Sena ticket met Shinde at his Thane residence.
The woes for Uddhav Thackeray have increased after the Eknath Shinde-led government not only got its Speaker candidate elected but also proved its majority on the floor of the Assembly. Moreover, former Lok Sabha MP Anandrao Adsul resigned from the organizational post of Shiv Sena leader.
On July 6, Thackeray suffered another blow as 66 out of 67 Shiv Sena corporators who won the 2017 Thane Municipal Corporation polls jumped ship to the Shinde camp.
As the term of elected corporators came to an end in 2020, Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar has been running affairs of the civic body as the Administrator. The election to NMMC is likely to take place later this year.
Speaking to media after meeting ex-Navi Mumbai Shiv Sena corporators, Shinde remarked, "All these corporators, Shiv Sena office-bearers and the office-bearers of the women's wing have reposed faith in my stance. I thank them as I am taking forward Balasaheb Thackeray's stance and the thoughts of Anand Dighe. This is a government of the common man and development. I will not break the trust reposed in me by corporators and office-bearers. The government will try to do everything possible for the development works in their wards. We have resolved to ensure the all-round development of Navi Mumbai."
He added, "51 MLAs- 40 Shiv Sena and 11 Independents are with me. They have remained firm on their stance. The Speaker has recognised our majority in the Shiv Sena Legislature Party. The Speaker has taken the decision in consonance with the law and the Constitution."
On July 6, Thackeray suffered another blow as 66 out of 67 Shiv Sena corporators who won the 2017 Thane Municipal Corporation polls jumped ship to the Shinde camp.