Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, who joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to form a government in Maharashtra, by allying with the BJP, after breaking ties with the Congress and NCP, may return to the Uddhav Thackeray faction.
Shiv Sena Rebels May Return To Uddhav Thackeray
This was claimed by senior BJP leader and former union minister Subramanian Swamy on July 5. He said the rebel Shiv Sena leaders may return to the Uddhav Thackeray faction because of being side-lined by the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“I am in Mumbai and I hear the Shiv Sena rebels may return to Uddhav Thakre, because of disgust at Modi wooing NCP and side-lining them after using them earlier,” Swamy tweeted.
This statement from Swamy came at a time when Maharashtra is going through a phase of political shake-up. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is leading a coup in Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) by breaking away from the Sharad Pawar-led faction.
Ajit Pawar, who joined the ruling alliance of Shiv Sena-BJP government last week, said that he wants to be the “chief minister someday”.