Eknath Shinde had cried and said he will be jailed if he didn't hop over to BJP: Aaditya Thackeray; Shiv Sena denies claim

Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray has claimed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had come to his residence and cried that he will be arrested by a central agency if he did not switch over to the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP before revolting against the Sena leadershipHowever MLA Santosh Bangar from the Shindeled Shiv Sena denied Thackerays claim and said there was no threat by the BJPThe reason behind the revolt against Thackerays was their alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party NCP and the Congress Bangar saidUnion minister Ramdas Athawale also said the allegations against Shinde were false and the latter was a strong man and he would never crySpeaking during an interaction at a university in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday Aaditya Thackeray the son of former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray alleged that 40 MLAs rebelled against the Sena leadership for their own seats and moneyThe current chief minister Shinde came to our house and cried because he was going to be arrested by a central agency and he said I will have to hop over to the BJP otherwise they will arrest me he claimedAlso Read Bal Thackerays name cannot be separated from Ayodhya movement says CM ShindeIt was his good luck that they the BJP wanted to show this guy is the true Sena and we BJP will make him the CM the former minister saidDefending his partys alliance with the Congress Aaditya Thackeray said he has learnt a little more about his grandfather than the BJPs WhatsApp university is teachingMy grandfather Bal Thackeray had tieups with the Congress before He had better relations with the Gandhi family earlier also He had openly supported Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patil both former Presidents openly when the BJP was putting up another candidate during presidential elections he saidOn the other hand the BJP formed an alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party PDP which supported terrorists Aaditya Thackeray saidShiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut said Aaditya Thackerays claims were trueThe Rajya Sabha member said Shinde had even come to his residence in Bhandup area of Mumbai and made similar pleas and that he did not want to go to jailRaut said he told Shinde not to get scared and that they should stand up against injusticeThere were many Sena MLAs among those who revolted against whom probes were on by central agencies he saidA similar thing is happening against the NCP Raut claimedHowever Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar rejected Aaditya Thackerays claims and said the fundamental reason behind the revolt against Thackerays was the alliance they had with the NCP and the CongressAll MLAs backed Eknath Shinde in this revolt There was no threat of central agencies from the BJP Bangar saidMeanwhile when reporters asked Union minister and Republican Party of India A chief Ramdas Athawale in Pune about Aaditya Thackerays claims he saidEknath Shinde is a strong man he will never cry The allegations made against Shinde are falseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever