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Big surprise in Maharashtra politics: Eknath Shinde to be the next CM, to take oath today evening

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Big surprise in Maharashtra politics: Eknath Shinde to be the next CM, to take oath today evening

In a massive twist in the ongoing political drama Maharashtra, BJP has decided that it will not lead the new government in the state. Making a surprise announcement at a press conference, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis declareed Eknath Shinde will be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Fadnavis has declared support of the Bhartiya Janta Party MLAs to rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde’s faction to form the government.

During the Press Conference where Eknath Shinde was also present, the BJP leader announced that Eknath Shinde will be swearing-in as the Chief Minister of Maharshtra at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai today evening. The function will be an in-house ceremony to be led by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. On Thursday, Eknath Shinde will be the only minister who will be taking the oath, announced Fadnavis.

The former Maharashtra CM further announced that he will not be part of the government. The Eknath Shinde cabinet will be expanded later after the constituent parties select their MLAs to become ministers in the new government, and after that they will take oath in a swearing in ceremony to be held later.

“This is the battle of ideas, this is the battle of Hindutva. And hence we decided to whole-heartedly support Eknath Shinde who parted ways with the MVA government,” Fadnavis said. He further added that once the swearing ceremony is done today, the Shinde group, alongside the BJP and other independents will negotiate the further expansion and distribution of ministerial portfolios.

Eknath Shinde had a long discussion with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai on Thursday. His entourage of Rebel MLAs are stationed in Goa after returning from Guwahati on Wednesday. As per the numbers, The BJP has 106 MLAs and additionally with the Shinde faction which has 40 Shiv Sena MLAs plus 10 independents, the total figure becomes 156. The required half-way number to form a stake for the government in Maharashtra Assembly is 144.

Thanking BJP for offering the CM’s post to him, Eknath Shinde said, “BJP has over 100 MLAs but despite that Devendra Fadnavis didn’t take the post of CM. I express my gratitude to him along with PM Modi, Amit Shah & other BJP leaders that they showed generosity & made Balasaheb’s Sainik the CM of the state”.

‘I am a Hindu… I won’t speak the truth, don’t kill us’: Hindu vendors in Karnataka hold poster campaign to show solidarity with Kanhaiya Lal

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‘I am a Hindu… I won’t speak the truth, don’t kill us’: Hindu vendors in Karnataka hold poster campaign to show solidarity with Kanhaiya Lal

On Thursday, June 30, Hindu vendors in Mysuru, Karnataka launched a poster campaign to show solidarity with the deceased Kanhaiya Lal Teli and protest against his barbaric killing. The Hindu tailor was brutally beheaded in broad daylight by two rabid Islamists on June 28 in Rajasthan’s Udaipur city for allegedly supporting Nupur Sharma. 

In snippets shared by Times now, the Hindu shopkeepers are seen holding placards with slogans like, “I am a Hindu and do not take my life”, “We will not speak the truth. My family depends on me” and “I won’t speak the truth, won’t stand in support of people who do it, I am poor, My family is dependent on me, Do not Kill us.” Many irate Hindu vendors in Mysuru, Karnataka have stuck similar posters outside their shops to protest against the rising intolerance against Hindus in the country that claimed the life of the Hindu tailor.

On June 28, a Hindu tailor was beheaded in broad daylight by two Muslim men in Udaipur’s Dhan Mandi area of Bhoot Mahal for putting social media status in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. After executing the murder, the two Islamists, who identified themselves as Mohammed Riyaz Akhatari and another as Mohammed shared the video of the murder.

The barbaric killing of the Hindu man has outraged the Hindus, who have taken to the streets in various parts of the country to protest against the ISIS-style execution of Kanhaiya Lal Teli by the two Islamists. On June 29, Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) staged a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar.

While some angry protestors condemned Rajasthan’s Congress government for its apathy, some demanded the public execution of the Muslim assailants, while some demanded a ban on the holy book that teaches to kill.

Many of the protesters were arrested by the Delhi police. Police took them to the police station in DTC buses. Apart from the protest at Jantar Mantar, many other Hindu organizations protested at different places against the brutal murder. A big crowd of Hindus also gathered and protested in front of the Rajasthan House on the Prithviraj Road.

In Udaipur, a large group of people joined the last journey of Kanhaiya Lal Teli. While in Jammu and Kashmir, members of Dogra front staged protests, demanding justice for the victim. Similar protests took place in several other places across the country.

On the day Alt News’ Zubair deleted 28 tweets, Pratik Sinha also deleted 19 tweets

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On the day Alt News’ Zubair deleted 28 tweets, Pratik Sinha also deleted 19 tweets

On June 20, Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha had deleted 19 tweets from his official Twitter handle, ‘Free_Thinker’. It was the same day when netizens had started digging hinduphobic tweets of both Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair and Sinha. On that day, Zubair deleted 28 tweets from his verified Twitter handle, Zoo_Bear.

Pratik deleted 19 tweets on the day Zubair had deleted 28 tweets. Souce: Social Blade

Which tweets were deleted?

It is unclear which tweets were deleted by Pratik on June 20. However, it is noteworthy that since netizens started pointing out the duo’s hinduphobic tweets, their Twitter activity has decreased. While Zubair deleted his Facebook page, both of them had reduced posting content on Twitter.

If we look at the 30-day stats of their tweets, Zubair, at one point in June, had published over 200 Tweets. That was the time when he was running a smear campaign against BJP’s former spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Notably, on June 4, Zubair deleted 15 tweets, and on June 14, he deleted four tweets. However, the drastic step of deleting over 100 Tweets came only after he was arrested.

30-day details of Zubair’s Twitter account. Souce: Social Blade

Similarly, in the case of Pratik, on June 4, he deleted four tweets, and on the next day, five tweets went missing from his profile. He had been consistently posting 8-10 tweets every day till June 20. After that, he did not post more than five tweets except on the day Zubair was arrested.

30-day details of Pratik’s Twitter account. Souce: Social Blade

OpIndia had reported that over 128 tweets had gone missing from Zubair’s Twitter account in a matter of days. While 28 tweets were deleted on June 20, the remaining hundred tweets were deleted from June 27 to June 29, out of which 88 were deleted while he was in Police custody.

The sudden increase in followers count of Zubair

It is also noteworthy that during the time he was dog-whistling Nupur, he was gaining followers anywhere between 1,500 to 26,000 on a daily basis from June 6 to June 15. On June 6, he gained over 26,000 followers, and on June 7, he gained over 10,000 new followers. After that, the new follower count dropped under 1,000.

On June 6 Zubair gained over 26,000 followers. Source: Social Blade

On the day he was in Police custody, over 24,000 new handles followed him on Twitter. A person who gets less than 1,000 followers daily suddenly gained thousands of followers daily for over ten days in a month.

On June 28, the day he was in Police custody, Zubair gained over 24,000 followers. Source: Social Blade

Police to investigate ‘social media brigade’

A Police officer investigating Zubair’s case said that Police would investigate the ‘social media brigade that Zubair has’. The Police officer said, “It appears that his tweets are planned and pushed in a concerted manner. They are amplified by an army of people. If these are bots, then who is paying these bots. We are digging deep into this network that amplifies his tweets.”

Mohammed Zubair moves to Delhi High Court against remand order, Police takes him to Bengaluru to recover his laptop, hard disk

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Mohammed Zubair moves to Delhi High Court against remand order, Police takes him to Bengaluru to recover his laptop, hard disk

On Thursday, Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of leftist propaganda portal Alt News moved to the Delhi High Court challenging the police remand granted by the Patiala House Court to the Delhi Police Special Cell. The Court sent him to four days of Police remand after it noted that he was to be taken to his Bengaluru residence for further investigations.

Reportedly, the Delhi Police Special Cell flew Zubair to Bengaluru to recover his laptop and other electronic devices which he used for uploading objectionable posts on social media platforms. According to the reports, Zubair earlier had refused to hand over his electronic devices and had formatted them. The Police said that despite repeatedly asking for the devices, Zubair had refused to hand his devices over to the Police.

One can see visuals of police escorting Zubair at his residence in Bengaluru.

The Police stated that Zubair was deliberately using religion to outrage a religious group. “He was doing this to gain popularity,” the police was quoted. The Delhi Police Special Cell also added that Zubair was acting evasive and was not cooperating with the Police officials.

Earlier in the Delhi High Court, Zubair through his counsel Vrinda Grover had refused to hand over his laptop and other electronic items to the Police saying that his laptop and his phone storage were his personal things. “They want my laptop only to harass me, only because I have been challenging what certain people have been saying, and some of those people are in power,” he had argued.

The Delhi Police Special Cell who flew Zubair to Bengaluru today stated that after recovering Zubair’s laptop, it will be sent for forensic examination at CFSL, Rohini. The Police also said that they will try to access the hard disk memory of Zubair’s laptop and will check edited posts posted by him on social media.

Notably, from June 27 to June 29, 100 tweets went missing from the Twitter account (@zoo_bear) of the co-founder of the propaganda website AltNews, Mohammed Zubair. 88 of the 100 tweets went missing on June 28 when Zubair was in Police custody. Earlier on June 20, he had deleted 28 tweets.

While seeking remand, Delhi Police categorically said that Zubair had deleted electronic evidence and presented a blank phone when asked to produce the electronic devices. It is virtually not possible for Zubair to access any electronic device while in Police custody, and it is unclear how the tweets were deleted from his account and by whom.

Mohammed Zubair was arrested on June 28 by the Delhi Police for hurting religious sentiments via derogatory social media posts targeting Hinduism. He was booked under Sections 153A and 295 of the Indian Penal Code. The FIR was based on a tweet by Twitter user @balajikijaiin where the user had shared a screenshot of an old tweet by Zubair in which he had mocked Lord Hanuman. In the tweet, @balajikijaiin had tagged the Delhi Police and had asked them to take action against Zubair for hurting the sentiments of Hindus with his derogatory post against Lord Hanuman.

‘Never asked our CM to resign, hurt for no action against Sanjay Raut’: Says rebel Shiv Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar

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‘Never asked our CM to resign, hurt for no action against Sanjay Raut’: Says rebel Shiv Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar

The rebel MLAs in the Eknath Shinde camp held a press conference on 30th June 2022. This was the first media interaction by the rebel camp of Shiv Sena after Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray resigned on June 29. In the press conference, Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar said that they are the real Shiv Sena as they have the majority of MLAs. He also said that they are not revolting against Uddhav Thackeray, and they were only against the alliance with Congress and NCP.

Addressing the media, the faction’s spokesperson Deepak Kesarkar said, “Uddhav Thackeray was and is the leader of Shiv Sena. He had said that ‘if any of the MLAs want to become chief minister, then he should come ahead and meet me and say so, then I will resign.’ It must be noted that none of the MLAs, whom the Shiv Sena spokesperson called traitors, has asked Uddhav Thackeray to resign. All we were asking him was to break the alliance with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party and join hands with Bharatiya Janata Party. But, when Sharad Pawar intervened in this situation, the deputy speaker Narhari Zirval sent us the disqualification notice. This step caused us to take the issue to the court and the legal fight started. When the court ruled to hold a session of the state legislative assembly for a trust vote as ordered by the honorable Governor, Uddhav Thackeray resigned because he knew that the Maha Vikas Aghadi does not have the numbers. We did not ask him to resign in this way.”

Deepak Kesarkar also said that MLAs in the Eknath Shinde camp are hurt by the remarks made by Sanjay Raut. He said, “We are hurt because no action is taken by the party against Sanjay Raut who used abusive language for us, called the elected MLAs traitors, threatened us and our families. We did not leave the party. We are still in Shiv Sena. I urge Sanjay Raut not to use such words for us. We have not betrayed anyone. We asked people to vote us as an alliance of BJP and Shiv Sena alliance and now the same government will be formed for which the people have voted.”

Deepak Kesarkar said, “We still love and respect Uddhav Thackeray. Legislature party Shiv Sena within the house is one thing and Shiv Sena as a national-level political party is a separate thing. No one is claiming to have owned the party here. Eknath Shinde is Shiv Sena’s leader in the assembly house. We gave some time to Uddhav Thackeray to decide and go with the BJP. He did not. Then Eknath Shinde promised to BJP on our behalf in the capacities of our leader in the house. When you hold talks with such a big party, you don’t betray. Eknath Shinde is Anand Dighe’s disciple. He will not turn back now. He will hold talks with Devendra Fadnavis today for making a new government in Maharashtra.”

Meanwhile, Eknath Shinde has left Goa and reached Mumbai where he held talks with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis. Before leaving for Mumbai, Eknath Shinde said, “We are not happy with what happened. But what can we do? We had repeatedly told Uddhav Thackeray about this. All the 50 MLAs have elected me as their leader and I will make the decisions on their behalf. All of us want to continue with the Hindutva ideology of respected Shiv Sena Supremo Balasaheb Thackeray and Dharmveer Anand Dighe. I will meet the Governor first. Then I will meet Devendra Fadnavis and other leaders of the BJP. We will communicate the further decisions after the meeting. I will come back to Goa.”

Eknath Shinde met Devendra Fadnavis at his residence in Mumbai, and both are going to meet the governor to stake claim to form the government. It is being said that Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde may take oath today at 7 pm as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister. Rest ministers will take oath later after both parties conduct detailed discussions and inevitable negotiations on the issue.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot claims Udaipur beheading an ‘act of terror’ and ‘not communal’ despite video confession of murderers

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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot claims Udaipur beheading an ‘act of terror’ and ‘not communal’ despite video confession of murderers

On Thursday, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot reached Udaipur to meet deceased Kanhaiya Lal’s family who was killed by two Islamic assailants over his post in support of Nupur Sharma. While talking to the media, Gehlot glossed over the Islamist communal crime as an ‘act of terror’ with connections outside the country.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot was seen patting his back upon the ‘swift’ arrest of the murderers of Kanhaiya Lal, a Hindu tailor who was killed in his own shop on June 28 in Udaipur. Talking to the media, Gehlot said, “We found out within one night that this case has connections internationally. This tells us that this incident is an act of terror. This has nothing to do with two religions fighting with each other.”

However, the killers themselves had done no such ambiguity or whitewashing. They had made it perfectly clear that they were killing Kanhaiya Lal ‘in the name of Allah’, because (by sharing a post in support of Nupur Sharma) he had insulted Prophet Muhammad, as per them, and had added that anyone who insults Prophet Muhammad has to be beheaded.

The two killers of Kanhaiya Lal, Mohammed Riyaz Akhtar and Ghous Mohammed who were nabbed by Rajasthan Police had published a video taking responsibility for the crime, in the name of ‘Allah’. In the video, the assailants could be seen saying, “We have chopped off the head from the one from Udaipur. Oh, Allah, we will live for you and die for you.”

The murderers further issued a threat against PM Modi, when they said, “Oh Narendra Modi, listen, you’ve started the fire and will we extinguish it. I hope this knife reaches your neck as well, Inshallah. Oh, the people of Udaipur, chant, “Gustakh e Rasool ki Sazah, Sar tan see Juda (The one who insults Allah has the only Punishment, which is the separation of the head from the body).”

Deceased Kanhaiya Lal had shared a social media post in support of Nupur Sharma from his mobile. However, after this, Kanhaiyalal was arrested by the Dhanmandi police station officials in Udaipur. He continued receiving death threats over the post after his release, after which he had appealed to the police for protection but the police did not take him seriously. Instead, the local police had made Kanhaiya Lal and some local Muslims sign a ‘compromise’ document and had sought to put the matter to rest.

CM Ashok Gehlot who was seeing glorifying the ‘swift’ action of the Police against the perpetrators, also made a bizarre and problematic claim about the nature of the violence. By calling it merely an act of ‘terror’ with international linkages, Gehlot whitewashed the fact that the incident was an Islamic act of terror. The religious angle in the case cannot be subsumed as admittedly it was revenge for the supposed ‘blasphemy’ committed by Kanhaiya Lal in supporting Nupur Sharma.

Moreover, with the assassination of Kanhaiya Lal, the Islamist fanatics have given a signal that they would murder anyone who is declared a blasphemer. Gehlot’s whitewashing of the Islamist violent act has hence come unwarranted.

UP: Girl held captive for 6 months and raped by one Zakir, was forced to convert to Islam

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UP: Girl held captive for 6 months and raped by one Zakir, was forced to convert to Islam

On Thursday, June 30, a 20-year-old woman filed a complaint against her neighbour Zakir and his two accomplices with the Majhgawan police in the Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh. She alleged that Zakir had kidnapped her with the help of his two aides, held her captive for six months, and had sexually exploited her during that time. She has further stated that Zakir coerced her into converting to Islam.

According to TV9Hindi, the 20-year-old girl is a resident of Majhgawan village located in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh. She had gone missing six months ago and suddenly returned home yesterday. After coming back, she narrated her ordeal to her family who then approached the police to lodge a complaint against Zakir and his two accomplices Chandu and Sagir Mohammad. They accused the trio of abducting, abusing, physically assaulting and forcing her to convert to Islam.

As per the report, the police had been on the lookout for the girl since she suddenly went missing six months ago. The family had lodged a missing complaint with the Majhgawan police. Yesterday, she returned home, after she managed to flee Zakir’s captivity.

She informed her parents how Zakir and his two accomplices, Chandu and Sagir Mohammad kidnapped her. They then sedated her and took her to Gurugram in an unconscious state. The trio also reportedly stole Rs 10,000 cash and 50 gram of gold jewellery from the victim’s house.

After taking her to Gurgaon, they locked her up in a dingy room. During these six months, she was raped several times by the accused Zakir, who also kept pressurising her to convert to Islam. When she resisted, Zakir reportedly beat her up and also threatened to kill her.

Yesterday, the girl managed to flee and return to her hometown. After coming home, she told her parents about her ordeal, who then approached the police.

TV9Hindi quoted Majhgawan police station in-charge, Pandhari Saroj, as saying that a case has been filed and investigation would begin only after completing the victim’s medical examination.

Meanwhile, speaking to OpIndia, the circle officer of Majhgawan, Hamirpur, confirmed receiving a complaint against Zakir and his accomplices. He said that an investigation has been launched into the case based on the complaint given by the victim. The officer told OpIndia that Zakir, at first befriended the girl and lured her under the pretext of marriage and then abducted her and raped her. He also forced her to adopt Islam. The victim approached the police when the accused refused to marry her. She later also learnt that Zakir was previously married to someone else.

He said that the victim is currently in the police station and will be soon taken for her medical examination. Based on her complaint, medical reports and various other information which the police are trying to gather, the future course of action would be decided upon, said the Majhgawan CO.

As Uddhav Thackeray renamed Aurangabad and Osmanabad before resigning, here is how Congress and NCP flipped-flopped on the issue for over 2.5 years

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As Uddhav Thackeray renamed Aurangabad and Osmanabad before resigning, here is how Congress and NCP flipped-flopped on the issue for over 2.5 years

The Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP have found themselves on a sticky wicket as Uddhav Thackeray decided to rename Aurangabad as ‘Sambhajinagar’ and Osmanabad as ‘Dharashiv’ in his last cabinet meeting before resigning as the Chief Minister. There had been a longstanding demand for renaming the two districts in Maharashtra, and equally old was the Congress and NCP’s opposition to the idea.

On Wednesday, in his last cabinet meeting as a Chief Minister, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray approved renaming two cities Aurangabad and Osmanabad as Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv respectively. It is speculated that Uddhav Thackeray took the decision igniting Hindutva, after the Eknath Shinde-camp that rebelled again him justified their splitting over the same issue.

However, it was more of a challenge for the Congress and the NCP which had long opposed the renaming of the cities. As the names ‘Aurangabad’ and ‘Osmanabad’ suggested Muslim identity, the parties’ opposition to the renaming got much to do with their vote banks – which are predominantly Muslim and ‘secular’ in parts of Marathwada in Maharashtra.

The parties however, agreed to Thackeray’s proposal and went ahead to pass the decision. But, there were reports of Congress leaders Varsha Gaikwad and Aslam Sheikh walking out of the cabinet while the decision was been taken. Though they have not cleared the reasons, it is being speculated that they registered their protest because of the Hindutva agenda Uddhav Thackeray suddenly started working on.

When asked by the media over this issue, Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat clarified that there’s ‘no dispute’ in Congress regarding the name change of Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar. NCP leader Jayant Patil too, during a press briefing, asserted the fact as one of the prominent decisions being taken at the last cabinet meeting.

However, for the Shiv Sena the road to renaming the cities was not easy as it appeared yesterday. Being in alliance with the so-called ‘secular’ parties in the MVA, the leaders had publicly denounced the idea every time the issue was raised. In December 2020, when the issue of renaming Aurangabad as ‘Sambhajinagar’ was raised, Balasaheb Thorat of the Congress had said to the media, “Our stand is clear. The MVA alliance is based on a common-minimum programme, which does not including the renaming issue. We are opposed to this, and believe development should be focused on first.”

When local Congress leaders in Aurangabad had protested against the renaming move by Shiv Sena, Thorat held a press conference in the city to note, “We do not believe in the renaming. We are indeed an ally in the MVA, but if such issue is raised in the future, they we will sternly oppose it.”

Moreover in September 2021, when ex-Shiv Sena cabinet Minister Subhash Desai has declared that this is the ‘right time’ to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, NCP’s Jayant Patil denied support for the decision publically. Patil said that such proposal had not come then in the cabinet.

However, yesterday the Congress and the NCP are said to have given their support for the renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad during the MVA cabinet meeting led by Uddhav Thackeray.

Rift over the issue persists

After the decision, a number of local Congress leaders from Aurangabad, including Mohsin Sheikh has resigned as a spokesperson and member of the party. The party’s U-turn on the issue came all of a sudden, leaving many party supporters flabbergasted.

According to the latest development, the dissent within the Congress over the renaming of Aurangabad could only be seen escalating. On Thursday, senior Congress leaders including Balasaheb Thorat and Ashok Chavan held a meeting with Muslim MLAs and leaders from the party who were miffed with the view.

The demand for ‘Sambhajinagar’ and ‘Dharashiv’

The renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad, the districts in the Marathwada region has been a longstanding demand from the local citizens. Aurangabad is now renamed Sambhajinagar after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, who was sacrificed his life for Hindu Dharma while refusing to bow infront of Aurangazeb. The city was earlier it was named after the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb, who had stationed there during his conquest of Deccan.

Osmanabad is now named Dharashiv – its actual name. When the Marathwada region was ruled by the Nizam of Hyderabad, during that period, Dharashiv was named Osmanabad after Mir Osman Ali Khan – one of the Nizam rulers. Now Osmanabad will get back its original identity Dharashiv.

‘Haven’t yet talked to BJP about power share, will soon do’, says Eknath Shinde; Sanjay Raut says ‘Pawar and Sonia Gandhi trust Uddhav Thackeray’

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‘Haven’t yet talked to BJP about power share, will soon do’, says Eknath Shinde; Sanjay Raut says ‘Pawar and Sonia Gandhi trust Uddhav Thackeray’

As a BJP-Shinde camp of Shiv Sena alliance is set to form the next government in Maharashtra after the resignation of Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena’s rebel leader Eknath Shinde said that there have been no discussions with the Bharatiya Janata Party till now about power-sharing in the government to be formed in Maharashtra. He said on 30th June 2022 that he will soon engage in talks with the BJP about the same. Shinde was still in Goa, and is reportedly moving to Mumbai today for talks with BJP.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut tried to play the emotional card and said in his tweets how Sharad Pawar took care of Uddhav Thackeray and how Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar both have trust in Uddhav Thackeray. These remarks have come after Uddhav Thackeray resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra and tendered his resignation to the governor of the state Bhagat Singh Koshyari on 29th June 2022.

Eknath Shinde and all the MLAs in his camp had reached Goa from Guwahati yesterday. They are expected to go to Mumbai from there. Eknath Shinde tweeted, “So far there have been no discussions with the BJP about which and how many portfolios will be given. That discussion will take place soon. Till then please don’t believe the rumors spreading about the list of ministers and portfolios.”

According to reports, Eknath Shinde will reach Mumbai first, and he will meet the Maharashtra governor along with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis to stack claim for the next government. According to media speculations, a small ministry will take oath after that, either today evening or tomorrow. It is being widely speculated that Fadnavis will be the CM and Shinde will be the Deputy Chief Minister. Along with them, 2 ministers each from the two side

On the other hand, Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut who was continuously making threatening and insulting remarks about the rebel MLAs in the last ten days, expressed his reactions and tried to play an emotional card while doing so. He said, “Yesterday when Uddhav Thackeray tendered his resignation from the post of the chief minister of the state, we all got very emotional. All of us believe in Uddhav Thackeray. People from all castes and religions support him. Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar trust him.”

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray also took to Twitter and criticized Uddhav Thackeray without naming him. He tweeted, “When anyone misunderstands good fortune as one’s personal accomplishment; therein begins the journey towards one’s decline.”

Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray resigned on Wednesday, June 29. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has asked him to hold the post till a new government is formed. For the last 10 days, Uddhav Thackeray and his party Shiv Sena were facing the coup of its 40 out of 55 MLAs led by Eknath Shinde. Uddhav Thackeray resigned hours before the trust vote that was about to take place on June 30 as ordered by the Governor.

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