I have left CM’s bungalow, not my determination, says Uddhav

Mumbai : Shiv Sena president and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on Friday reached out to the functionaries of his party, which is battling a rebellion, and sought to allay fears surrounding the survival of his party and MVA government.

The Sena has been witnessing the rebellion within the party after Eknath Shinde broke away and formed a rebel group with the support of several MLAs. Shinde is currently camping with at least 38 rebel Sena MLAs and 10 independents in Guwahati. He has claimed that the faction led by him is the “real Shiv Sena”.

In his virtual address to party’s district unit chiefs and ‘sampark pramukhs’ at the Shiv Sena Bhavan at Dadar in Mumbai, CM Thackeray said he may have vacated the chief minister’s official residence, but his determination is intact