A large number of MLAs were seen with Eknath Shinde in Surat hotel, claimed 40; View VIDEO

MH: Amidst the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra, news agency ANI has tweeted a video. This video is being told of a hotel in Surat, in which Eknath Shinde is seen with a large number of MLAs. In this, about 35-36 people are seen posing. At the same time, Shinde, who reached Guwahati from Surat with the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, has claimed the support of 40 MLAs.

At the same time, sources have also told that yesterday when Uddhav Thackeray called Shiv Sena MLAs to his house, only 17-18 MLAs reached there. Let us tell you that Shiv Sena has 55 MLAs in the assembly. In the recently concluded Legislative Council elections, there was a lot of cross voting, with the help of which BJP was successful in winning 5 seats.

Rebel Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra cabinet minister Eknath Shinde, led by 33 Shiv Sena MLAs and 7 Independent MLAs, arrived at a luxury hotel in Guwahati, BJP-ruled Assam on Wednesday. The rebellion in the Shiv Sena has given rise to speculations that Shinde along with other MLAs may join the BJP to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government. The Shiv Sena MLAs are now staying at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Guwahati. After reaching Guwahati, Shinde said, "A total of 40 MLAs are present here. We will take forward Balasaheb Thackeray's Hindutva."

Shiv Sena MLAs were received by BJP MLA Sushant Borgohain and BJP MP Pallab Lochan Das at the Guwahati airport. Borgohain said, "I had come to collect the MLAs. I did not count how many MLAs have come. I have come here for personal relations. He has not disclosed any schedule."

When Nationalist Congress chief Sharad Pawar was asked about the crisis in the MVA, he termed the turmoil as an "internal matter of the Shiv Sena". Pawar also said that he is fully committed to the three-party government. He also ruled out any alliance with the opposition BJP. Even as the Congress appointed its senior leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath as an All India Congress Committee (AICC) observer in the state on Tuesday to end the crisis.

Shinde along with other Shiv Sena MLAs had stayed at a hotel in Gujarat's Surat after cross-voting in the Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections and took a flight to reach Guwahati today. Talking to media persons at Surat airport here before leaving for Guwahati, Shinde said he has not abandoned Balasaheb Thackeray's Shiv Sena.

"We have not and will not leave Balasaheb Thackeray's Shiv Sena. We have been following Balasaheb's Hindutva and will continue to do so," he said.