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Uddhav Thackeray submits his resignation as Maharashtra Chief Minister BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde address a joint
to State Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, at Raj Bhavan, press conference in Mumbai on Thursday. Eknath Shinde will take oath as Maharashtra
in Mumbai on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) Chief Minister. (ANI Photo)

1964, in a poor family in the Satara Maharashtra assembly on Thursday.
district of Maharashtra. A hard work- “I am resigning as the Chief Minis-
er, he took up various tasks including ter,” he announced.
driving an auto-rickshaw and work- In his media address to people
ing in a factory to support his family. earlier, Thackeray said that he was
Shinde joined the Shiv Sena in 1980 not going away forever and will once
after being influenced by Bal Thac- again sit in Shiv Sena Bhavan.
keray’s speeches and thoughts. But in a sharp attack on rebel
He made his mark in the party MLAs amid the Maharashtra polit-
with the help of his mentor Anand ical crisis, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya
Dighe and was elected to the Thane Thackeray had claimed that 15 to 20
Municipal Corporation in 1997. MLAs, who are with Eknath Shin-
After a brief stint as Leader of de’s rebel camp are in touch with
the House in the Thane Municipal Shiv Sena and have urged the party
Corporation, Shinde entered the to bring them back to Mumbai from
state Assembly in 2004 and was later Guwahati.
appointed as Shiv Sena’s Thane dis- He said that the rebel MLAs have
trict chief. He has not looked back sold themselves for lakhs and crores.
having won the assembly polls four Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray addresses the party supporters amid the Political “These MLAs have sold themselves
times and is MLA from Kopri-Pach- Crisis in the State, in Mumbai on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) for Lakhs and Crores or after their
pakhadi in the state assembly. files were opened. MVA government
He served as a minister in the uty CM happily. Delhi or Nagpur- CM post has been will further continue. The power
Devendra Fadnavis-led government “I don’t think Devendra Fadnavis given to Eknath Shinde... The person which has brought us here...we will
between 2014-19. He was also ap- has accepted the number 2 position of who was CM and Leader of Opposi- come to power in Delhi too,” said
pointed as Leader of the Shiv Sena Deputy CM happily. It can be seen on tion has been asked to take oath as Thackeray while addressing Shivsain-
legislature party in 2019. He took his face. But he had lived in Nagpur, Deputy CM. It’s shocking,” he added. iks in Byculla, Mumbai
oath as Cabinet Minister in the Maha it is his ethos as an (RSS) swayamse- Earlier on Wednesday, facing a Further, he openly challenged
Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. vak, so he accepted the position,” the floor test in assembly amid a political the rebels in revolt and said that have
Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress NCP leader said. crisis facing the MVA government, the courage to resign and stand in
Party (NCP) Sharad Pawar on Thurs- Referring to Shinde, he said that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav front of them.
day congratulated Eknath Shinde on the “one who led MLAs to Assam” Thackeray submitted his resignation to “They conceived an entire con-
taking oath as Maharashtra Chief had not expected more than the post state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshy- spiracy when CM (Uddhav Thacker-
Minister but noted that he “inspired of Deputy Chief Minister. “I congrat- ari in Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. ay) was incapacitated as a CM to work
people to quit Shiv Sena” and it didn’t ulate Eknath Shinde on his new re- The Governor accepted the res- 24x7; even then he was working. Who-
happen without preparation. sponsibility. He showed the power of ignation and asked Uddhav Thacker- ever wants to come back, our doors
Taking a swipe at new govern- taking such a large number of MLAs ay to continue as CM until an alter- are open...if those in revolt are truly
ment formation in Maharashtra, to Guwahati. He inspired people to nate arrangement is made. Thackeray courageous, resign and have the cour-
Pawar said that BJP leader Devendra quit Shiv Sena. I don’t know if it hap- himself drove to Raj Bhavan and was age to stand in front of us,” he said.
Fadnavis had been “asked” to take pened earlier. But it didn’t happen accompanied by his son Aditya Thac- He said the leader of the rebel
oath as Deputy Chief Minister even without preparation,” Pawar told the keray. He briefly waved his hand as group Eknath Shinde was offered the
though he was a former Maharashtra media here. he submitted the resignation. post of Chief Minister in May but “he
Chief Minister and Leader of Oppo- “I don’t think that the one who Thackeray had made the an- did drama”.
sition in the state. Pawar said he does led MLAs to Assam had expected nouncement about his resignation Now, the drama has ended but
not think Devendra Fadnavis has ac- more than the post of Deputy CM. minutes after the Supreme Court on with a dramatic twist which can lead
cepted the number 2 position of Dep- But in BJP, as per order- be it from Wednesday allowed floor test in the to further suspense in the future.

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