Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde has been taking the state ahead, Shiv Sena ministers said on Monday after six MPs from Uddhav Thackeray's faction defected to the party.
The MPs who switched sides are Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure, Omprakash Nimbalkar, Sanjay Dina Patil, Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh and Nagesh Patil Ashtikar.
"We have seen the way Eknath Shinde is taking the state ahead, he worries about each and every worker," Maharashtra minister Dadaji Bhuse said, as per PTI.
"We welcome the workers who want to join Shiv Sena." "The future will have only one Shiv Sena under the leadership of Eknath Shinde, as said by Amit Shah," he said.
