Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar on Saturday stated that Eknath Shinde, not Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, was their chief and claimed that they haven’t left the occasion as they had been the precise Shiv Sena. Kesarkar additional claimed that they’ve two-third majority, and subsequently exercised the proper to decide on their chief.
“We are still in Shiv Sena, there’s a misunderstanding that we’ve left the party. We’ve just separated our faction. We’ve 2-3rd majority to follow the path we wanted. Our new leader was chosen by majority. They didn’t have more than 16-17 MLAs,” Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar instructed information company ANI.
Confident that the Shinde group will show its numbers within the Assembly, Shiv Sena group chief Kesarkar instructed information company PTI, “Why should we withdraw the support? We are the Shiv Sena. We have not hijacked the party, the NCP and Congress have hijacked it,” whereas including, “we will not merge with any other political party.”
Moments after Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena camp handed a decision towards the naming of the Eknath Shinde camp to ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb,’ Kesarkar stated that they had been prepared to maneuver courtroom if their faction wasn’t recognised.
“Recognition should be given to our faction, if it isn’t given, we’ll go to court and prove our existence and numbers. We’ve numbers, but we respect CM Uddhav Thackeray, we won’t speak against him. We must follow the path on which we fought Assembly elections,” Kesarkar instructed ANI.
Kesarkar additionally claimed that the Eknath Shinde camp is paying for their very own keep at a luxurious resort in Assam’s Guwahati the place no less than 50 dissenting legislators from Maharashtra are tenting proper now. Earlier, the ruling MVA alliance accomplice NCP requested the Income Tax Department and Enforcement Directorate to probe the alleged black cash concerned in paying the payments for the rebels’ lodging in Guwahati and Surat.
“No party is paying for our expenses (of hotel accommodation), our leader Eknath Shinde called us and we came and stayed here (Guwahati hotel); will pay the expenses. BJP isn’t behind all of this,” stated Kesarkar whereas talking to ANI.
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