Shinde holds emergency meet with his men, stays mum on agenda

Mumbai: With the ongoing hearings regarding the party symbol, which will enforce the ‘legitimacy’ of either of the two factions of Shiv Sena -Thackeray and Shinde, on Thursday, the Shinde faction about 50 legislators held an all important closed door meetings at CM’s residence ‘Varsha’ under the chairmanship of CM Eknath Shinde. Although the faction leaders chose to keep their lips sealed on the agenda of the meeting, however, highly laced sources have revealed that looking at the current political clime in the state, Shinde had called the meeting to gauge the mood of his ‘supporters’.

Word is that owing to the constant jibes of the opposition regarding cabinet expansion and which Shinde and independent MLAs would be a part of it, Shinde had called the meet to find out what was going on in the minds of his faction leaders and also to ensure that discipline is maintained in case some legislators are not included in expansion.

Moreover, it is believed that discussion also occurred among the law makers over party symbol - Bow and Arrow - as the hearing is nearing its end and decision would be proclaimed soon by the EC. Furthermore, the election of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) were also discussed along with the strategy of the Shinde faction.