Dec 19, 2024 04:50 PM IST
Shinde’s speech was peppered with sarcastic remarks aimed toward absent Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Legislative Council descended into dysfunction on Thursday when senior Shiv Sena (UBT) member Anil Parab challenged Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for derailing a dialogue on the Governor’s speech into political point-scoring.
Deputy CM Shinde. (PTI Picture/Shashank Parade) (PTI12_04_2024_000276A)(PTI)
Shinde’s speech, peppered with sarcastic remarks aimed toward absent Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, drew sharp protests from Opposition members. Parab insisted that Shinde confine his feedback to the Governor’s deal with moderately than have interaction in private assaults.
Referencing a latest “courtesy meeting” between Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Thackeray at Vidhan Bhavan, which had sparked hypothesis after photographs circulated on social media, Shinde remarked, “People who were critically vocal during the poll campaign are now offering bouquets to those they once attacked.”
The deputy chief minister then quoted Thackeray’s rally declaration: “Tu raahseel nahi tar mi raahnar” (both I will be left standing otherwise you). He adopted this with a pointed comparability: “The way some people change colours would put a chameleon to shame.”
Taking purpose at welfare insurance policies, Shinde commented, “Those born with a silver spoon will never truly understand the value of ₹1,500.”
When opposition members instructed the Chief Minister’s place had been unfairly wrested from him, Shinde responded, “In 2022, Fadnavis was Deputy Chief Minister, and I was Chief Minister. Now it’s my turn to return the favour. I told Fadnavis, you become CM, and I’ll be your deputy.”
The heated change highlighted persevering with tensions between the Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction and the Uddhav Thackeray-led UBT group, with Opposition members, significantly from Shiv Sena (UBT), rallying behind Parab’s objections.
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