Maharashtra Minister Eknath Shinde said that the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra is leading the state forward, after six MPs from the Uddhav Thackeray faction defected and joined the party.
The MPs who changed their sides are Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakshor, Omprakash Nimbalkar, Sanjay Dina Patel, Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh and Nagesh Patel Ashtekar.
“We have seen the way Eknath Shinde is taking the state forward. He is concerned about every worker,” Maharashtra Minister Dadaji Bhos said, according to PTI. “We welcome workers who want to join the Shiv Sena.” “The future will have only one Shiv Sena under the leadership of Eknath Shinde,” As Amit Shah said.
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Shinde welcomes the rebel MPs
The reactions came after the six MPs joined the Shinde Sena. Addressing a press conference, Eknath Shinde described the development as the “second phase” of the 2022 political revolution that has divided the Shiv Sena.
“Today, we welcome all these six MPs from Kathar Shivsainik into the original Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe. In 2022, we staged a revolution when 40 MLAs joined us, and it was to save the Shiv Sena in Balasaheb. “This is the second phase of the same movement,” Shinde said.
He said that the representatives joined to develop electoral constituencies and not to achieve private gains. He added: “All these people came with us not for their own benefit or benefit, but rather they came for the betterment of their constituents.”
Take a dig in Sanjay Raut, Shinde, said, “Today, six MPs have joined us. So we have three Sanjays here with us. When we have a Sanjay here, there is no need to talk about any other Sanjay.”
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Shinde also said that the 2022 split had public support, noting that the party’s strength in the Maharashtra Assembly had risen from 40 MLAs at the time of the split to 60 after the elections.
the The Shiv Sena chief also said that the new entrants are committed to Balasaheb Thackeray’s ideology and have completed all the formalities to join the party.
Referring to the 2022 insurgency, Shinde described the latest agitational phase as the “second phase” of that movement and described it as the “six” of his camp, reiterating that his faction represents the “real Shiv Sena”.
Ministers criticize Uddhav Thackeray
He also criticized Maharashtra Minister Yogesh Kadam Uddhav Thackeray. “How much NIDHI was given to farmers while Uddhav Thackeray was chief minister? He should also believe that he implemented the same policies,” Kadam said.
The development comes amid political turmoil in Maharashtra, where speculation mounted after six Sena legislators skipped a party parliamentary meeting in Delhi on June 17.
