Shinde still in shock at losing CM's post: Raut

A day after Shiv Sena leader and state minister Sanjay Shirsat said that the two Shiv Senas could reunite, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut remarked in the Sena (UBT) mouthpiece 'Saamana' that the relationship between CM Devendra Fadnavis and deputy CM Eknath Shinde was strained, and this could be seen on a daily basis.

- Yogesh Naik

MUMBAI:

In his column called 'Rokhthok', Raut, who is the editor of 'Saamana', on Sunday wrote that Shinde was still in a state of shock since he had not been made the CM again "despite promises" and was desperately trying to regain the post. He added that people were being "entertained" on account of the tense relationship between Fadnavis and Shinde, who barely spoke to each other.

The column mentioned that Shinde had lost interest in work and reached late for meetings, a case in point being the district planning and development fund meeting at World Trade Centre last week for which he arrived two and a half hours late. It added that Shinde often skipped the state cabinet meet and took a chopper to his native place in Mahabaleshwar.