Just as Chhatrapati Shivaji escaped from Agra, so I escaped from Guwahati, says MLA
Just as Chhatrapati Shivaji escaped from Agra, so I escaped from Guwahati, says MLA
Even as Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde’s intra-party riot attracted extra MLAs and break up the get together vast aside, MLA Nitin Deshmukh returned to Maharashtra whereas alleging a conspiracy on the a part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Gujarat authorities to abduct and hurt him.
The MLA, whose spouse had earlier filed a ‘missing’ grievance with the Akola police, additionally claimed that quite a few MLAs with Mr. Shinde needed to return to Maharashtra, implying they’d been spirited away to Surat beneath duress.
The MLA from Balapur constituency in Akola (in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha area) stated that his dramatic return to Maharashtra from Guwahati was akin to “Shivaji’s escape from Aurangzeb’s clutches in Agra”.
“Despite the fact that I am in good health, I was taken to a government hospital in Surat on Tuesday. Then, I saw that the police who brought me there and the doctors were talking something among themselves… I suspected they were trying to harm me. I told the doctor that I have no ailment. He claimed I had a heart attack though my blood pressure remained normal. I sensed their intentions were not right. Then, 15-20 persons caught me and thrust a needle in me,” stated Mr. Deshmukh, talking in Nagpur on his return from Guwahati.
Lambasting the BJP and the Gujarat police, he stated that Prakash Abitkar, Sena MLA from Kolhapur, had apparently tried to go away Surat, however was later caught by the Gujarat police and compelled to show again.
“I am leaving for Mumbai to discuss this entire matter with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and then decide on the future course of action,” Mr. Deshmukh stated.
Given Mr. Shinde’s claims {that a} majority of the Sena’s legislators have been with him, Mr. Deshmukh pointedly remarked that he was “Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sainik”.
While refusing to disclose particulars of how he acquired to Maharashtra, he merely stated that he returned to Nagpur in a chartered airplane.
He additional rejected ideas that he had signed any decision kind, alleging that his signature and the footage exhibiting him signing have been doctored.
Lashing out on the BJP, Mr. Deshmukh stated that the get together was behind all of the turmoil, which was wrongly perceived as being Mr. Shinde’s handiwork.
“I urge all Sena MLAs who are in Guwahati to return. Remember, you all have not become MLAs on your strength but had Balasaheb and Uddhav Thackeray’s blessings. I urge Mr. Shinde to come back… the party does not depend on MLAs but on the strength of ordinary Shiv Sainiks who are firmly behind Uddhav Thackeray,” stated Mr. Deshmukh
Quashing ideas of festering resentment towards Mr. Thackeray’s efficiency as Chief Minister, Mr. Deshmukh stated: “What resentment? He [Uddhav Thackeray] did everything that was possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. He waived farmers’ loans and was the most popular Chief Minister in the country. So, where does the question of being disappointed with his performance arise?”
Source: www.thehindu.com