With Shiv Sena MLAs and MPs defecting en masse to Chief Minister and rebel Sena leader Eknath Shinde’s camp, Yuva Sena leader and former Minister Aaditya Thackeray has hit the streets in a bid to stop the churn in the party rank and file and reassert the Thackeray clan’s grip over the divided party.
In successive rallies in Nashik and Aurangabad districts, the 32-year-old Mr. Aaditya Thackeray on Friday made emotional appeals as to how the rebels had stabbed his father and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in the back even as the rebel camp accused the Thackeray faction of not providing ‘Z level’ security to Mr. Shinde when the latter allegedly faced a Naxal threat as Guardian Minister of Gadchiroli.
Addressing rallies in Manmad in Nashik and Vaijapur in Aurangabad, Mr. Aaditya Thackeray lashed out at the rebel MLAs and MPs, remarking that the government formed by Mr. Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis’ BJP was “illicit” and would fall in a matter of days.
