By PTI
GUWAHATI: All eyes are fastened on a luxurious resort within the outskirts of Guwahati, from the place Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde and his coterie of MLAs are manoeuvering the destiny of the Maharashtra authorities, however its tall gates are bolted tight from inside and the happenings inside are shrouded in secrecy.
A resort employees instructed PTI that the resort isn’t making any contemporary bookings for the following one week as ”we’re absolutely occupied”. Asked whether or not any reserving will be made for any day after the following week, he mentioned that he might touch upon that.
Even earlier than the worker may very well be requested concerning the actions of the MLAs contained in the resort, he mentioned, ”Please, don’t query me about them. I can not say something associated to them”. The resort has 196 rooms and through a web based seek for bookings through the subsequent few days, the response was: ”There are not any out there rooms for these dates.”
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Another resort employees mentioned that it’s booked because the four-day Ambubachi Mela on the famed Kamakhya Temple atop the Nilachal Hills has begun. An enormous posse of policemen has been posted in and across the resort with senior cops seen managing the safety bandobast.
Top police officers, too, remained tight-lipped concerning the company contained in the resort and tight safety preparations. Media individuals are tenting outdoors the resort since Wednesday when the Maharashtra politicians reached right here however none have been allowed to go contained in the resort.
The Congress staged an indication close to the resort through the day asking Shinde and different MLAs to depart the state which is reeling underneath devastating floods which have claimed 108 lives and affected a inhabitants of almost 46 lakh.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma earlier mentioned there shouldn’t be any motive for controversy relating to their go to. He mentioned, “We welcome all tourists to visit the state now as we need funds to deal with the devastating floods. Why should we turn away Goddess Lakshmi when most of our hotels are empty or have low occupancy?”
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Shinde and the opposite legislators have been staying on the resort since Wednesday morning after they arrived from Surat by a chartered flight. They have been obtained on the airport by BJP MP Pallab Lochan Das and legislator Sushanta Borgohain.
The Maharashtra MLAs have been pushed to the resort in three buses of the Assam State Transport Corporation amid tight safety. The Shiv Sena-led authorities in Maharashtra is dealing with a disaster following the dissidence of a bit of its MLA led by Shinde.
