The Shiv Sena ‘rebel’ group led by Eknath Shinde launched photos of MLA Nitin Deshmukh taking off in a personal jet with different dissidents, a day after Deshmukh returned from the Eknath Shinde camp and claimed that he was ‘kidnapped’ and brought away in opposition to his personal will. After lacking for 2 days, Shinde lastly returned to Nagpur and pledged his assist to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, whereas alleging that he was chased by round 200 Gujarat cops as he was making an attempt to hitch a trip to flee from Surat. He additional claimed that the native police forcefully took him to a hospital and tried to get him operated underneath the pretext of him having suffered a coronary heart assault.
Refuting his claims, the ‘rebel’ camp posted photos of Deshmukh whereby he gave the impression to be relaxed whereas getting on a personal jet with the opposite ‘rebel’ MLAs. In one other image, Deshmukh was seen smiling in a selfie clicked by his counterpart contained in the jet.
Earlier within the day, Deshmukh, whereas addressing the press, stated, “We were forcibly taken to Surat, I tried to run away but was caught by Surat police. Despite having no complications, doctors told me that I had a heart attack. 300-350 police personnel were keeping an eye on us.”
He additionally claimed that not like him, one other legislator wasn’t fortunate sufficient to flee. “Before me, MLA Prakash Abitkar tried to get away from them but he could not. We got to know about the conspiracy against the MVA govt as soon as we reached Surat’s hotel,” Deshmukh advised reporters.
Among the 2 MLAs that returned from Guwahati at present, one legislator Kailash Patil stated that he was pressured to go away the Uddhav camp.
“We were trapped and taken to Surat, I walked a kilometre to run away from there. We will not ditch Shiv Sena which has made us MLA,” stated Patil, as reported by information company ANI.
Reacting to Patil’s claims, ‘rebel’ MLA Tanaji Sawant stated that Patil was making an attempt to realize Uddhav Thackeray’s sympathy. “MLA Kailash Patil is trying to gain sympathy of ‘Matoshree’ (Uddhav Thackeray) by fabricating stories. He is lying in front of the media. We had arranged for him to return to Mumbai from Surat. Eknath Shinde did not force any MLA to join him,” Sawant advised information company ANI.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”