Insurgent MLA after explosive letter to Uddhav: ‘Cong, NCP making an attempt to eradicate Sena’ | Mumbai information

Hours after his explosive letter to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray created ripples amid an ongoing disaster within the state, insurgent Shiv Sena MLA from Aurangabad, Sanjay Shirsat, stepped up his assault on allies of the celebration – the Congress and Sharad Pawar’s NCP. He claimed that the celebration MLAs had knowledgeable the Maharashtra chief minister that the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Social gathering had been “making an attempt to eradicate Sena”.

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Chatting with information company ANI, Shirsat mentioned, “Quite a few instances the MLAs sought time from Uddhav Ji to fulfill him however he by no means met them.” He added that in any constituency of Shiv Sena, no official from the Tehsildar to the income officer was appointed in session with the MLA. “We advised this to Uddhav Ji many instances however he by no means responded,” Shirsat additional mentioned.

Shirsat, who’s a part of Eknath Shinde’s camp in Assam’s Guwahati, dropped a bombshell along with his letter to Uddhav Thackeray the place he claimed that Sena MLAs didn’t have entry to the chief minister’s residence. “The chief minister by no means was within the Secretariat, as a substitute, he was in Matoshree (Thackeray household residence). We used to name folks across the chief minister however they by no means used to attend our calls. We had been fed up with all this stuff and persuaded Eknath Shinde to take this step,” Shirsat wrote in his letter.

“We got here with our issues in our constituencies and different work however had been made to stay outdoors for hours collectively. Eknath Shinde was alternatively accessible. We stood on the gates of ‘Varsha’ for hours. It was solely Eknath Shinde who supported us,” the letter learn.

Shirsat additionally alleged that these round chief minister Thackeray – dubbed because the ‘coterie’ – used to determine if Sena leaders may meet him or not.

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The insurgent MLA additionally identified that each the Congress and the NCP received alternatives to fulfill the CM and even received funds associated to work of their constituencies.

Eknath Shinde, who’s main the revolt in opposition to Uddhav Thackeray and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities in Maharashtra, has 37 MLAs in his help and can doubtless kind a brand new political grouping swearing allegiance to the legacy of Bal Thackeray.

Shinde’s camp power may climb to 50, ANI reported on Friday. He has mentioned that whereas the NCP and the Congress had been rising stronger in ruling the alliance, the Shiv Sena, which is heading the governing bloc, was getting systematically weakened.

(With inputs from ANI)