Eknath Shinde: The Journey Of Auto Driver Who Overtook Thackeray Inheritor | 10 Factors – News18

Final Up to date:December 04, 2024, 19:24 IST

Eknath Shinde final week thanked Maharashtra for the large verdict, saying he had turn into the ‘Ladka Bhau’ due to his scheme for ‘Ladki Bahins’

From a minister within the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities to changing into the CM of Maharashtra after engineering a break up within the Shiv Sena and claiming the Bal Thackeray legacy, get together title and image, Eknath Shinde has come a great distance.

Shinde is ready to take oath because the deputy CM, with Devendra Fadnavis because the CM, on Thursday, sources stated.

Shinde final Wednesday thanked Maharashtra for the large verdict for Mahayuti, his alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) and NCP Ajit Pawar, saying he had turn into the ‘Ladka Bhau (expensive brother)’ owing to his scheme for ‘Ladki Bahins (expensive sisters)’.

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In a jibe at his now arch-rival Thackeray, Shinde stated he was not born with a “golden spoon” and remembered his humble background, which helped him keep the CM – widespread man – and join with the plenty.

As Shinde identified, his journey from an autorickshaw driver to the state’s high job wasn’t easy. Whereas he obtained the ability after the break up, the Maharashtra meeting polls – months after the Lok Sabha elections the place he gained a passable seven seats of the 15 he contested – have been a litmus take a look at.

And Shinde handed with flying colors, successful 57 of the 81 seats he contested, proving his is the “actual Sena” within the thoughts of the state. The rating put him in a bargaining place for the highest submit, which went on for days after the outcomes got here out.

Whereas he might not be the CM this time, a have a look at Eknath Shinde’s political journey in 10 factors:

1. Born on February 9, 1964, Shinde, a Maratha, moved from his hometown Satara to Thane to finish his training. He studied at Mangala Excessive College and Junior Faculty in Thane, however needed to depart his training halfway as his household wanted monetary assist. That is the time he labored as an autorickshaw driver. He’s additionally stated to have labored in a beer brewery and as a lorry driver to make ends meet.
2. He then got here involved with Anand Dighe, Sena’s firebrand chief from Thane, who impressed him to turn into a full-time Shiv Sainik. As Shinde misplaced his two youngsters in a ship accident in 2000, Dighe turned his assist and motivated him in his political profession. Shinde’s different son, Shrikant, is a Lok Sabha MP from Kalyan.
3. Shinde was enormously influenced by Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray and took part in a number of agitations throughout the state. He spent 40 days in jail after being arrested throughout the protests alongside the Maharashtra-Karnataka border over the standing of Belagavi.
4. The get together gave him his first political alternative in 1997 by giving him a ticket to contest within the Thane Municipal Company (TMC). He gained by an enormous margin. In 2001, he was elected because the chief of the home within the TMC.
5. In 2004, he contested meeting polls from the Thane constituency and gained. His successful spree continued, even within the 2024 meeting elections.
6. In 2005, he was given the coveted submit which his mentor Dighe held, Shiv Sena Thane District head. From October-December 2014, he was the chief of the Opposition within the Maharashtra meeting; PWD minister and guardian minister of Thane district from 2014-2019. In 2019, he was appointed as the cupboard minister of public well being and household welfare. He has additionally held the submit of the minister of city growth and public works (public undertakings) and residential minister.
7. In 2022, Shinde managed to separate the Sena. The set off was the June 20 setback for the MVA within the legislative council polls. The opposition BJP had gained all 5 seats it contested. The Thackeray authorities was then pushed into the hazard zone because the BJP secured 134 votes within the 288-member Meeting, the place the bulk mark is 145. The Sena-NCP-Congress assist eroded to 151 from 169. In an early morning shocker for Thackeray, Shinde, together with 11 MLAs, flew to Surat in BJP-ruled Gujarat. Round 4 am on June 22, Shinde and the insurgent MLAs, with the quantity round 35, boarded a chartered flight to Guwahati in BJP-governed Assam. What adopted was a quantity recreation of Sena MLAs switching over to the Shinde camp. There have been quite a few requests and gives from the Thackeray aspect, however the quantity within the Shinde camp solely stored swelling to 39.
8. Then got here the most important blow for the Thackeray-led faction – the governor invited Shinde to type the federal government. Thackeray challenged the transfer and the ground take a look at within the SC. Nonetheless, on June 29, the highest courtroom gave a go-ahead to the ground take a look at, asking Thackeray to show his majority assist on the ground of the Home on June 30. After the apex courtroom’s order, Thackeray introduced his resignation because the CM and Eknath Shinde was later sworn in because the chief minister, with BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy.
9. Shinde additionally claimed that his faction was the “actual Sena”, thus beginning one other battle with Uddhav Thackeray on floor and within the Supreme Court docket. In 2023, in a serious win, the Election Fee of India (ECI) allotted the get together title ‘Shiv Sena’ and the get together image ‘bow and arrow’ to the Shinde faction. The SC requested speaker Rahul Narwekar to carry hearings on the disqualification of Sena MLAs, based mostly on which he termed Shinde’s as the actual Sena.
10. Regardless of holding that then Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had no motive to conclude that Thackeray had misplaced the arrogance of the home, the SC bench refused to reinstate the federal government, as Thackeray didn’t take the ground take a look at. Thackeray’s plea difficult the EC’s order over the get together’s title and its image is pending within the SC, at the same time as Shinde continues to stamp his authority as the pinnacle of the Shiv Sena.