Sena Rebel Eknath Shinde Makes A Statement With A Photo Op

The videos from Guwahati showed the MLAs gathered in a hall for a photo-shoot meant more as a preview of a test of strength that may come up in Maharashtra's power tussle.

Visuals today showed 41 MLAs posing with Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde at a hotel in Guwahati, a show of strength that seemed to indicate that it is game over Sena chief and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

The videos from Guwahati showed the MLAs gathered in a hall for a photo-shoot meant more as a preview of a test of strength that may come up in Maharashtra's power tussle.

The MLAs, arranged in three rows, flanked Eknath Shinde, the former auto-rickshaw driver who is today the most powerful man in the Shiv Sena and appears to have checkmated a Thackeray for the first time in the party founded by Bal Thackeray.

The MLAs shouted slogans for Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde and Bal Thackeray but did not mention Uddhav Thackeray at all.