When the nation’s longest sea bridge opens later this year, the three-hour journey between Mumbai, India’s financial hub, and Navi Mumbai, a satellite city, would only take 15 minutes, according to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. According to Mr. Shinde in an exclusive Continue Reading
Manisha Kayande, a spokeswoman for the Shiv Sena, attacked the Shinde group on Friday and said Chandrakant Patil, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had abused her family. “During a rally in Pune, Chandrakanth Patil said, “Abuse my parents, but don’t abuse Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Tell me, should it be appropriate […]Continue Reading
Eknath Shinde, the chief minister of Maharashtra, reportedly offered “a similar project, or a better one, to Maharashtra” when he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a heated argument over Gujarat winning the $20 billion Vedanta-Foxconn project. Anil Agarwal, the chairman of Vedanta, stated the following day that his company is “totally Continue Reading
On social media, a video of a Shiv Sena MLA from Eknath Shinde’s camp berating a caterer’s management for supplying subpar food went viral. The manager is shown in the video being abused and assaulted by MLA Santosh Bangar because of the subpar food being provided to workers in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district as part of […]Continue Reading
In a major victory for Uddhav Thackeray in the struggle for leadership of the Shiv Sena, the Supreme Court today instructed the Election Commission to defer making a decision about a request by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to recognise his organisation as the legitimate party. On Monday, the Supreme Court is likely to decide […]Continue Reading
In an interview with his party mouthpiece Saamana, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who was ousted by a surprise Shiv Sena uprising last month, said that Eknath Shinde had been trying to bring him down even while he was ill in the hospital and unable to travel. In order to make room for new […]Continue Reading
The battle for control of the Shiv Sena is taking place on various fields of play. The Shiv Sena faction of Uddhav Thackeray has petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s choice to invite Eknath Shinde to lead the state to government. Subhash Desai, the head of Team Thackeray, has also […]Continue Reading
For the first time since entering office as Maharashtra Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde was greeted with a lavish welcome in his hometown Thane, which included drumming by his wife Lata Eknath Shinde. In a video that is being extensively circulated on social media, Lata Shinde can be seen playing the drums with a band that […]Continue Reading
According to sources, Eknath Shinde has tried to change the position of the Uddhav Thackeray administration on the contentious Metro car shed project in Mumbai just hours after taking office as chief minister of Maharashtra. According to reports, Mr. Shinde has instructed Attorney General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni to argue in court that the Devendra Fadnavis administration […]Continue Reading
Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP backed up rebel leader Eknath Shinde’s proposal with a “doosra”; Mr. Shinde will be the Chief Minister, and Mr. Fadnavis will support him but not be a part of the new administration. Since the BJP is the only party with a majority in the assembly, it was predicted that Mr. […]Continue Reading