By PTI
MUMBAI: An audio clip of a insurgent Shiv Sena MLA complaining about Gulabrao Patil, former minister and one other legislator within the Eknath Shinde camp, went viral on social media on Thursday.
In the almost seven-minute-long audio clip, Chimanrao Patil, MLA from Arandol in Jalgaon district, claimed that Gulabrao, who hails from the identical district, labored for his defeat in 2014.
When contacted, Chimanrao confirmed the authenticity of the dialog.
Both the leaders have been a part of the group of some 40 Sena MLAs who supported Eknath Shinde when he rebelled and introduced down the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra authorities final month.
In the cellphone name with a celebration employee which was apparently recorded, Chimanrao Patil is heard saying that he obtained uninterested in complaining in regards to the bother he confronted in his constituency to the Sena management however to no avail, and he didn’t get funds for his constituency both.
“I had personally told Uddhav saheb (Thackeray) that I am facing a lot of problems. He (Gulabrao) worked for my defeat in 2014 (Assembly polls), still he was made a minister,” Chimanrao is heard saying.
“The clip is authentic and I have expressed my feelings since the party worker (at the other end) too was talking very fervently. I just stated the facts,” he informed PTI when contacted.
Meanwhile, insurgent MLA Sanjay Shirsat on Thursday revealed dissident group members near Eknath Shinde left for Surat from Mumbai final month with out baggage and even extra garments and initially didn’t know the place they have been headed.
Shirsat mentioned the insurgent MLAs accompanying Shinde obtained new garments after reaching Surat, the place they have been lodged in a luxurious resort, on June 21.
The revolt by a piece of Sena MLAs, led by Shinde — now the chief minister of Maharashtra — subsequently introduced down the three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities.
The dissident group later left for Guwahati from Surat and likewise stayed in Goa earlier than coming again to Mumbai after Chief Minister Shinde took oath on June 30 alongside along with his deputy Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP.
“The MLAs who went to Surat before leaving for Guwahati didn’t have enough clothes. When we told about this to Eknath Shinde, literally a cloth shop was set up in the hotel in Surat. There we got new clothes,” he informed reporters in Aurangabad.
After the revolt, the MLA from Aurangabad (West) wrote a letter to Shiv Sena president and then-CM Uddhav Thackeray, explaining the explanations behind dissident legislators turning towards the management of the saffron occasion.
Shirsat mentioned initially the insurgent MLAs didn’t know the place they have been headed and simply went alongside their chief Shinde with out baggage.
“We were completely unaware about where we were going. But when Eknath Shinde told us to come with him, we all didn’t ask anything. Just accompanied him. We reached around 2 am in a Surat hotel (on June 21). But none of the MLAs had brought clothes with them,” he mentioned.
They approached Shinde and every little thing fell in place instantly, the MLA mentioned.
“‘We told about this to Eknath Shinde. Then, very next morning a vehicles full of clothes came in the hotel. It was like a cloth shop has come up in the hotel. There everyone took clothes of their choice. Not only clothes, material needed for shaving and footwears were also made available to us in the Surat hotel,” Shirsat mentioned.
“But Eknath Shinde didn’t get the clothes of the pattern he wanted. Shinde’s clothes came from Thane to Surat later,” he added.
Thane is the political dwelling of Shinde, who’s an MLA from town adjoining Mumbai.
