Mumbai : Amid the ongoing political turmoil, Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut on Wednesday, refuted reports of rebel leader Eknath Shind being offered the CM post by the party and said that Uddhav Thackeray will remain the chief minister.
He also said that the party will prove majority on the floor of the House, if need be.
Meanwhile, the Thackeray family left the official CM residence ‘Varsha’ to return to their private residence ‘Matoshree.’ CM Thackeray in his speech earlier in the evening had said that he will leave the official residence to prove that the post does not matter to him.
Earlier in the day, NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and MP Supriya Sule met Thackeray at the latter’s residence in Mumbai to discuss the crisis.
The visit came after Thackeray, in an address to the state, told Shinde and the rebel MLAs that he is willing to resign but they must “talk to him directly and not play games.”
Shinde later took to Twitter after Thackeray’s address to say that the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance only benefited the Congress and the NCP and led to the weakening of the Shiv Sena.
However, Raut refuted reports of rebel leader Eknath Shind being offered the CM post by the Shiv Sena and said that Uddhav Thackeray will remain the chief minister.
He also said that the party will prove majority on the floor of the House, if need be.
“These reports are untrue. No such talks (of making Shinde the CM) have taken place. Uddhav Thackeray will remain the Chief Minister of Maharashtra,” he told the media. “If it comes to it, we will also prove majority on the ground,” he said.
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