Nagpur/Mumbai: After the instructions from Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, a Shiv Sena delegation comprising Milind Narvekar and Ravindra Phatak have left for Surat to meet party Minister Eknath Shinde and other legislators to pacify them, according to a media report.
Narvekar who is also known as a firefighter enjoys good rapport with leaders across all parties. CM Uddhav Thackeray wants his delegation to meet Shinde and other legislators to talk to them and bring them back to Mumbai.
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The Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA- also comprising the NCP and Congress) suffered a setback on Monday when it lost out of six seats it contested in the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls. Subsequently, Shinde along with some Shiv Sena MLAs went incommunicado. They were camping at a hotel in Gujarat’s Surat city, according to sources.
On Tuesday, CM Thackeray, who is also the Shiv Sena president, held a meeting where party MLAs Sunil Kadam, Dada Bhuse, Neelam Gorhe, MPs Arvind Sawant and Vinayak Raut, MLC Manisha Kayande and other leaders were present.
Earlier in the day, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said Shinde is not in Mumbai, but a communication has been established with him. Raut asserted that the Sena is a party of loyalists and attempts by the BJP, like in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, to topple the MVA Government would not succeed.
He also said Shinde was a trusted Shiv Sainik, and that the ‘missing’ MLAs will be back after the party is able to reach out to them.
