Amid talks of a rift in alliance, Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde said that he should not be taken lightly. He said in 2022, he was taken lightly and he changed the government.
While talking to reporters in Nagpur, Shinde said, “Do not take me lightly; I have already said this to those who have taken me lightly. I am a normal party worker, but I am a worker of Bala Saheb and everyone should take me with this understanding. When you took it lightly in 2022, the horse turned around, and I changed the government; we brought the government of the wishes of the common people. In my first speech in the Vidhan Sabha, I said that Devendra Fadnavis ji would get more than 200 seats, and we got 232 seats. That is why do not take me lightly, those who want to understand this hint, they should understand it and I will continue doing my work.”
Shinde’s comments came after the Devendra Fadnavis government reduced the security cover of the Sena MLAs. Though the deputy CM made his presence during the oath ceremony of Rekha Gupta, today’s comments have raised the eyebrows of many.
When asked about receiving death threats, Shinde said he is not afraid. He said such attempts were made in the past but he was not afraid then too.
“Threats have come before too. There were many threats when the dance bar was closed. There were threats to kill me, and attempts were made, but I was not afraid. The Naxalites had threatened me, but I did not give in to their threats… I did the work of starting the first industrial project in Gadchiroli,” he said.
Shinde on Thursday received a death threat in a mail, from an unknown individual. The unidentified individual has threatened to detonate a bomb in Shinde’s car.
