Was tempted with Rs 50 cr to join rebel faction, says Sena MLA
In two sensational claims, Sena Minister Aaditya Thackeray said here on Sunday that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had offered the Chief Minister’s post to rebel faction leader Eknath Shinde on May 20, while Sena MLA Udaysingh Rajput claimed that the rebel Sena group had offered him Rs 50 crore to join the faction led by Shinde.
On a day when the Shinde camp prepared itself to battle it out both within and outside the State Assembly and the parent Sena camp went about the task of keeping its flock together, Aaditya, addressing the party workers at a series of rallies including the ones at Dahisar and Thane, said: “On May 20, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had called Eknath Shinde to ‘Varsha’ (CM’s official residence), asked him if he had any grievance against him (CM). He also had asked if he wanted to become the Chief Minister.”
“However, at that time, Shinde did not say “yes” to my father’s offer.