Despite confusion in the rebel camp as they do not want to merge either with the BJP or the MNS, Eknath Shinde seems to have pulled off the daunting task of holding together the MLAs who support him. As a result Uddhav Thackeray steps down a as Maharashtra CM.
A day after making an impassioned plea to the party rebels to talk to him as a first to resolving all the issues they had, Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, who is also the Shiv Sena chief on Wednesday resigned from the Chief Minister’s post. Stating that he was not interested “in playing the numbers’ game, the CM said, “I am also quitting as member of Legislative Council”. Thackeray made the announcement in a webcast, while appealing the workers of his party not to take to the streets in protest.
Thackeray’s announcement came minutes after the Supreme Court refused to stay Maharashtra Governor’s direction to the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress Maha Vikas Aghadi government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday.
He had no regret leaving his post, Thackeray, who was facing a rebellion by majority of Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, said.
Thackeray, who heads the Shiv Sena, appealed to Sena workers to allow the rebel legislators to return and not take to the streets in protest.