Mumbai Tujha Eknath Ane Majha Eknath. This sentence in Marathi language means your Eknath and our Eknath. Eknath is a name and two veteran leaders of Maharashtra have the same name. One is Eknath Khadse. The other is Eknath Shinde. Eknath Khadse was counted among the strong leaders of BJP. At the same time, Eknath Shinde is a big leader of Shiv Sena. Today the discussion of both these leaders has started happening once again. The reason for this is the sword hanging on the Uddhav Thackeray government. There was a time when Eknath Khadse left the BJP and went to the camp of NCP, an ally of the Uddhav government. Now the atmosphere has become such that Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde is seen coming to BJP’s court.
Talk about Eknath Khadse, then he is a big leader of OBC community of Maharashtra. He was removed from the post of minister in the year 2016 by the then CM Devendra Fadnavis due to allegations of land grabbing. This angered Khadse. He first met Uddhav Thackeray.
Then met NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and after that he joined NCP on 23 October 2020. The BJP was shocked by Khadse’s joining the NCP, but it did not react to it. Whereas, she was happy after the arrival of Eknath Khadse in Mahavikas Aghadi.
Now let’s talk about Eknath Shinde. Eknath Shinde, who came into politics from an auto driver, has been considered close and close to Uddhav Thackeray. Even when Uddhav took oath as CM, Eknath Shinde was administered the oath of minister immediately after him. For the past several days, there were reports that the track between Uddhav and Eknath Shinde was not keeping track. Now the way the political situation has become in Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde has become the reason for this. It is being told that he is in touch with BJP. That is, if Eknath Shinde does not change his side again, then BJP can take revenge for losing its Eknath Khadse through Eknath Shinde.