Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said Eknath Shinde, who led the rebellion with party MLAs to bring down Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, backstabbed him.
Addressing Shiv Sena workers here, Thackeray said that he has given the responsibility of the party to Shinde. Also Read: BJP Supported Us For Our ‘Hindutva Position’, Development Agenda: Maha CM
“Shinde, to whom I have given the responsibility of the party, stabbed me in the back, while the NCP and Congress remained with us. It is painful to see that those (MLAs and ministers) who won due to Sena workers and got everything has left him,” Thackeray told media persons here.
In early June this year, Eknath Shinde led a group of Shiv Sena MLAs against the MVA government, which resulted in it losing its majority in the Maharashtra Assembly. Due to this, Shiv Sena chief Thackeray also had to step down from the post of CM before the floor test.
The new Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra won the floor test by a margin of 164-99 on Monday, proving his government’s majority and cementing his position as the state’s chief minister and leader of the Shiv Sena. 164 votes were cast in favour of Shinde, while 99 were against the newly formed BJP-Shinde camp alliance.
The trust vote comes a day after BJP’s Rahul Narwekar was elected the Assembly Speaker. On Sunday Narwekar reinstated Shinde as the Shiv Sena’s legislative party leader and also recognized the appointment of Gogawale as the chief whip of the Shiv Sena.
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