Guwahati: Amid intense political unrest in Maharashtra, the leader of the dissident Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde as well as other independent MLAs, arrived in Guwahati on Wednesday.
As Shinde and his MLA tribe have made their home at the Radisson Blu hotel in Guwahati, discussions regarding the political destiny of Maharashtra are expected to take place there.
Meanwhile, the MLAs who accompanied Shinde are Pratap Sarnaik, Shrinivas Vanga, Anil Babar, Nitish Deshmukh, Lata Sonawane, Yamini Jadhav, Sanjay Sirsat, Mahendra Dalvi, Bharath Bhogvale, Prakash Surve, Suhas Kande, Bachchu Kadu, Narendra Bhondekar, Sanjay Gaikwad, Sanjay Bhashkar Raimulkar, Balaji Kinikar, Ramesh Bornare, Chimanrao Patil, Kishor Appa Patil, Nitin Tale, Sandeep Bhumre, Mahendra Thorve, Rajkumar Dayaram Patel, Dnyanraj Chougule, Pradeep Jaiswal, Prakashrao Abitkar, Shahajibapu Patil, Vishwanath Bhoir, Shantaram More, Tanaji Sawant, Mahesh More, Shambhuraj Desai, Udaysingh Rajput and Abdul Sattar.
Of them, Omprakash Babarao Kadu or Bachchu Kadu is an MLA from the Prahar Janshakti Party, while Narendra Bhondekar and Rajkumar Dayaram Patel are independent MLAs.
Shiv Sena leader Shinde arrived in Guwahati arrived in Guwahati this morning from Surat in Gujarat. Sushanta Borgohain and Pallab Lochan Das from the BJP received him.
It needs to be mentioned that rumours about Maharashtra cabinet minister Shinde joining the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party are rampant (BJP). Cross-voting in the elections for the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) served as the catalyst for everything.