Maharashtra Chief Minister and rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde launched a broadside against Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday, remarking that he had taken a contract of taking forward (late Sena founder) Bal Thackeray’s ideals and ensuring the State’s development.
Mr. Shinde, who was addressing the Legislative Assembly on the closing day of the Monsoon Session of the State Legislature, further riposted the Thackeray camp’s jibes by remarking that his breakaway faction of 50 MLAs was sitting in the House after following due Constitutional procedure and having proved a majority in the floor test.
“I have been called a ‘contractor CM.’ Yes, I am a contactor CM and I have taken a contract for ensuring Maharashtra’s development, a contract to make this State more prosperous and to give justice to the poor and the backward sections, and I have taken contract of taking Balasaheb’s [Uddhav’s father Bal Thackeray] ideals forward,” said Mr. Shinde.
