Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday visited the residence of Milind Narvekar, private secretary of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, on the event of the Ganesh competition.
Shinde, who rebelled towards Thackeray’s management in June and toppled his authorities, mentioned he paid a go to to Narvekar’s residence to pay obeisance to Lord Ganesh. However the go to additionally assumed significance as Narvekar is taken into account to be an in depth confidant of Uddhav Thackeray.
मिलिंद नार्वेकर यांच्या निवासस्थानी उपस्थित राहून श्री गणरायाचे भक्तीभावाने दर्शन घेतले.@NarvekarMilind_ pic.twitter.com/eIVdU04EVP
— Eknath Shinde – एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) September 1, 2022
When insurgent MLAs supporting Shinde went to Surat in June, Narvekar had travelled there for holding talks with them.
Shinde ultimately toppled the Sena-NCP-Congress authorities in Maharashtra headed by Thackeray. Now he and Thackeray are combating a authorized battle to assert the management of the Shiv Sena.
Eknath Shinde meets Raj Thackeray forward of Mumbai civic polls
Eknath Shinde on Thursday additionally met MNS chief Raj Thackeray on the latter’s residence in Mumbai.
Whereas an official mentioned that Shinde referred to as on Raj Thackeray at his residence `Shivtirth’ within the Dadar space on the event of the Ganesh competition, the assembly between the 2 led to hypothesis because it got here forward of the essential civic polls in Mumbai.
महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेनेचे अध्यक्ष राज ठाकरे यांच्या निवासस्थानी उपस्थित राहून श्री गणेशाचे भक्तीभावाने दर्शन घेतले.#गणपतीबाप्पामोरया@RajThackeray pic.twitter.com/LeGl09nEjd
— Eknath Shinde – एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) September 1, 2022
Shinde later additionally referred to as on Manohar Joshi, a former chief minister, at his residence in the identical Dadar space.
माजी मुख्यमंत्री आणि ज्येष्ठ शिवसेना नेते मनोहर जोशी सर यांच्या निवासस्थानी आज उपस्थित राहून श्री गणेशाचे मनोभावे दर्शन घेतले. यासमयी आमदार सदा सरवणकर उपस्थित होते.#गणपतीबाप्पामोरया pic.twitter.com/dkKJeC0qbI
— Eknath Shinde – एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) September 1, 2022
The MNS chief, who has been at loggerheads together with his cousin and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray for lengthy, had met BJP leaders final month, resulting in a buzz that the saffron celebration might type a tie-up with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena for the Mumbai polls.
The BJP is at the moment in alliance with the Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena.