Shiv Sena chief and deputy chairperson of Maharashtra Legislative Council Neelam Gorhe’s declare on allotment of posts within the undivided Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray “for Mercedes automobiles” has stoked an issue.
Making the remarks on Saturday on the 98th All India Marathi Literary Competition held in Delhi, Gorhe mentioned, “It’s a indisputable fact that when you give two Mercedes automobiles in Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, you get a submit.” Gorhe added that Uddhav was reluctant to satisfy celebration leaders and wouldn’t deal with functionaries properly.
Responding to the allegations, Sena UBT acknowledged that Gorhe was given MLC submit for 4 instances, regardless of opposition from the celebration’s ladies wing. Get together chief Uddhav Thackeray mentioned, “Present me the place these automobiles are. These people are politically irrelevant to me, and I don’t want to remark additional… Those that journey in Mercedes ought to reply why they haven’t given the month-to-month instalments of Ladki Bahin scheme.”
Supporting the claims by Gorhe, BJP chief and minister Girish Mahajan mentioned, “Gorhe has been intently working in Sena for 30-35 years… so what she is saying might be the reality.”
Slamming Gorhe, Uddhav’s son and Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray mentioned, “It solely displays on their mentality and their upbringing… They’ve at all times operated like leeches. I’m amused by their pettiness.”
Chief of the Opposition within the Legislative Council, Ambadas Danve mentioned Gorhe was somebody “who solely stuffed types for 4 phrases”.
“My celebration has by no means requested me for a single rupee. I rose from being an strange employee within the rural areas to LoP within the Council. If what Gorhe mentioned was true, then there would have been a line of Mercedes autos at Matoshree (the Bandra residence of Uddhav Thackeray),” he mentioned.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut demanded a proof from Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, the organisers, over the appropriateness of political feedback on the literary gathering.
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In a letter to Usha Tambe, chairperson of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, Raut mentioned, “It seems that the occasion was held underneath political stress. The platform of the Sahitya Mahamandal was grossly misused.”
Clarifying about her assertion, Gorhe mentioned, “What I’ve acknowledged is my very own expertise and observations I’ve made about some individuals, who had been requested to offer one thing in return of posts within the celebration.”
Gorhe joined the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena after the celebration cut up following the latter’s rise up in June 2022.
(with PTI)
