Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde stated in the assembly during the monsoon session here on Tuesday that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena will receive more political shocks shortly.
“The strong shock that they (Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena) received has disturbed his (Aaditya Thackeray’s) mental balance. They will receive more such shocks very soon,” Shinde said after Aaditya Thackeray became aggressive in the assembly, alleging that ministers had not responded to his questions.
Shinde made the statement after it came to light that 3 MLAs and 1 Member of Legislative Council (MLC) failed to attend a legislative party meeting convened by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday.
All of them had informed Uddhav Thackeray in advance that they could not attend, citing reasons like preparations for the forthcoming Legislative Council elections, ill health and personal commitments.
The legislators who did not attend the meeting were MLAs Sanjay Derkar, Rahul Patil and Sanjay Potnis, as well as MLC Sunil Shinde.
Meanwhile, according to sources, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is already working to poach between 30 to 35 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) corporators from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena.
Sources said the objective behind engineering the next phase of ‘Operation Tiger’ is to wrest the Leader of Opposition post in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena. If the Shinde-led Sena plan to poach around 35 BMC corporators from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena succeeds, the BJP-led Mahayuti ruling alliance will enjoy undisputed domination of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).