Eknath Shinde Explains Why He Rebelled Against Uddhav Thackeray

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said he rebelled because Uddhav Thackeray abandoned the ideology of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. Addressing a meeting of his party workers in Ramtek in Nagpur, Mr Shinde said he did not want to become chief minister but had to rebel after seeing Bal Thackeray’s ideology being compromised. Mr Shinde broke away from the Uddhav Thackeray-led outfit in June 2022 and formed government with the backing of the BJP. “Balasaheb Thackeray used to consider us (party functionaries) as friends but he thinks of us as house-helps,” the Chief Minister said in another jibe at the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief.