Mumbai Confidential: Blame it on Sena scions

The behaviour of the Sena scion Aaditya Thackeray is said to have made Milind Deora jittery enough to take up MP Shrikant Shinde's offer.

Former Congress leader Milind Deora joins Shiv Sena in the presence of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde in Mumbai. (ANI)

Scions of both Sena factions seemed to have played a role in Milind Deora’s exit from Congress. While Maharshtra CM Eknath Shinde’s son Shrikant Shinde, a Lok Sabha MP, is said to have coordinated with Deora assuring him benefits of switching sides, the behaviour of the other Sena scion Aaditya Thackeray is said to have made Deora jittery enough to take up Shinde’s offer.

Deora supporters claim that Uddhav Sena’s recent rally in his home turf, or South Mumbai where they re-emphasised their claim on the LS seat, had made Deora anxious, forcing him to cross over.

Self-created issues

Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Abdul Sattar, known to be temperamental, is finding it difficult to keep himself away from self-made controversies these day.

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Days after courting a controversy for ordering a lathi charge on crowds at an event organised for his birthday in his constituency, Sattar has been in the news for all the wrong reasons once again after he publicly indulged in a verbal slanging match with his party’s MP Hemant Patil.

The two were caught on tape freely abusing each other during an online meeting of Hingoli District Planning committe. Many close to Sattar say that expecting the minister to change his demenour is futile.

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