My Govt Committed To All-Round Development Of Maha: CM Shinde

Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said he was a “Sevak” and his government was committed to the all-round development of the state and the welfare of its citizens.

Shinde also said that the decisions being taken now for the welfare of the people should have been done two and a half years ago, but when this did not happen, 50 MLAs had to stand united.

He was referring to Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray’s announcement on Tuesday about his party’s support to National Democratic Alliance’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu.

When asked about Thackeray announcing his party’s support to Murmu, Shinde said the Shiv Sena MPs wanted it.

“Even we, 50 (rebel) MLAs have already declared our support to Murmu. The support extended from all sides to Murmu is being welcomed at every level and by all. Even the support given by Uddhav Thackeray to her is being welcomed from all quarters,” he added.

“The decisions which are now being taken for the welfare of the people, they should have been done two-and-a-half years back. But since they did not do so, 50 MLAs had to unite and take a stand. We have taken this decision now,” he said.

Shinde was referring to the rebellion in the Shiv Sena led by him last month. Most of the Shiv Sena MLAs supported him, leading to the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government. Shinde became the chief minister a day after Thackeray resigned from the top post on June 29.

“The stand taken by the 50 MLAs has been receiving an overwhelming response from all over the state. Even during my visit to Pandharpur recently, where 10 lakh people had gathered on the occasion of Ashadhi Ekadashi, I got a rousing reception. I moved freely among the people and they gave me love,” he added.

The stand taken by the rebel camp has been welcomed by the party’s office-bearers, corporators and all others, he claimed.

“Even today, Sena corporators from Ulhasnagar supported us, and the situation is similar in Nashik and Ahmednagar, etc,” he said.

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