Some In Rebel Camp Might Want To Return, Says Sena MLA Who 'Escaped'

Shiv Sena MLA Kailas Patil also recalled how he walked for some kilometres near the Maharashtra-Gujarat border, then got lift on a two-wheeler and a truck before reaching Mumbai.

Shiv Sena MLA Kailas Patil, who had escaped from a car carrying rebel legislators to Surat, on Thursday claimed some of those taken to the camp led by Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde might be wanting to return, but were forced to stay back.

Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Mr Patil recalled how he walked for some kilometres near the Maharashtra-Gujarat border, then got lift on a two-wheeler and a truck before reaching the Maharashtra chief minister's official residence 'Varsha' in Mumbai in the early hours of Tuesday.

Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde is currently camping with some rebel MLAs in Assam's Guwahati city, plunging the party-led Maharashtra government into a crisis.

Mr Patil said after he cast his vote in Mumbai on June 20 for the Maharashtra Legislative Council polls, he was called to Mr Shinde's bungalow in neighbouring Thane.