Maharashtra: BJP leader meets CM Eknath Shinde, calls Uddhav 'Mafia CM'

The post infuriated the Sena leaders of the Thackeray faction who hit out at Somaiya and the Shinde group leaders. Shiv Sena leader Deepali Syed slammed the rebel MLAs. “Do you want to drink the milk of a dead mother for power?” she said. Since the Mahavikas Alliance government came to power, Somaiya has been constantly attacking the government.

Mumbai: Amid the ongoing political drama in Maharashtra, firebrand BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has triggered a storm by terming Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray as 'Mafia CM' of Maharashtra. In two Twitter posts in Marathi and English on Thursday, Somaiya, who along with his son Neil called on newly elected Chief Minister and rebel Sena Eknath Shinde who wrestled the top post from Thackeray, wrote, “Met 'Rikshawala' CM Eknath Shinde at Mantralaya today along Neil Somaiya and expressed best wishes & thanked him for replacing MAFIA CM (sic)."

The post infuriated the Sena leaders of the Thackeray faction who hit out at Somaiya and the Shinde group leaders. Shiv Sena leader Deepali Sayed slammed the rebel MLAs. “Shiv Sena MLAs, did you come to power by drinking the milk of a dead mother? Kirit Somaiya will speak against Uddhav Saheb and you will listen. Why is Shiv Sena soaked in your blood? First get Kirit out of your line, then name it Shiv Sainik,” Deepali said in a tweet.

Since the Mahavikas Alliance government came to power, Somaiya has been constantly attacking the government. In October last year, Somaiya alleged that the then MVA government was “using the police like a mafia” while making serious allegations against leaders and ministers of the then ruling coalition. Following the allegations by Somaiya, former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, Transport Minister Anil Parab and Member of Parliament Bhavana Gawali are also under investigation.