NEW DELHI: Indicating that many Congress leaders may soon follow the footsteps of former Union minister Milind Deora and join Shiv Sena, chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said: “Yeh to trailer hai, picture abhi baaki hai (This is just a trailer, the main picture is yet to come out).”
A Congress leader claimed that Mumbai Congress working president Naseem Khan will soon join Shiv Sena and be sworn in as a cabinet member.However, when contacted, Khan denied the claim. “I am not joining Shiv Sena…I am with Congress and there is no question of changing the party,” Khan told TOI.
Welcoming Deora into the Shiv Sena fold, Shinde said he was one of the most educated and humble politicians whose entry will help strengthen the party. “I understand his emotions and feelings. I had gone through a similar situation before making a decision one-and-a-half years ago. Today, I feel successful in achieving my goal,” the CM said, adding that his dream is to make Mumbai a world-class city.
“Last year, when we were in Davos, everyone was asking about Mumbai. I felt proud. I want to make Mumbai the best city in the world. I am working towards making the city pothole-free in the next two years by building cement-concrete roads in a time-bound period,” he added.
Calling dislodging the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government his “biggest-ever operation”, Shinde said he “did not even use an injection and it was a great success”. Taking a dig at Thackeray, who is a photography enthusiast, the CM said he believed in hard work and never worked from home. “In the last one-and-a-half year, I have never taken leave. When I had gone to my hometown, I travelled by helicopter to save time. I worked there in the fields and did not indulge in photography.”
Shinde added that he has been getting up early in the mornings for the ongoing deep cleaning drive in the city and BMC chief I S Chahal too has been joining him with a broom in hand. He asked: “How will people clean out those who have taken up the cause of citizens?”
A Congress leader claimed that Mumbai Congress working president Naseem Khan will soon join Shiv Sena and be sworn in as a cabinet member.However, when contacted, Khan denied the claim. “I am not joining Shiv Sena…I am with Congress and there is no question of changing the party,” Khan told TOI.
Welcoming Deora into the Shiv Sena fold, Shinde said he was one of the most educated and humble politicians whose entry will help strengthen the party. “I understand his emotions and feelings. I had gone through a similar situation before making a decision one-and-a-half years ago. Today, I feel successful in achieving my goal,” the CM said, adding that his dream is to make Mumbai a world-class city.
“Last year, when we were in Davos, everyone was asking about Mumbai. I felt proud. I want to make Mumbai the best city in the world. I am working towards making the city pothole-free in the next two years by building cement-concrete roads in a time-bound period,” he added.
Calling dislodging the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government his “biggest-ever operation”, Shinde said he “did not even use an injection and it was a great success”. Taking a dig at Thackeray, who is a photography enthusiast, the CM said he believed in hard work and never worked from home. “In the last one-and-a-half year, I have never taken leave. When I had gone to my hometown, I travelled by helicopter to save time. I worked there in the fields and did not indulge in photography.”
Shinde added that he has been getting up early in the mornings for the ongoing deep cleaning drive in the city and BMC chief I S Chahal too has been joining him with a broom in hand. He asked: “How will people clean out those who have taken up the cause of citizens?”
