Party workers got demoralised due to lack of backing from leader: Eknath Shinde's jab at Uddhav Thackeray

Eknath Shinde, the chief minister of Maharashtra, took aim at Uddhav Thackeray, the leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT), on Friday, claiming that the party's workers  did not get backing during hard times and this had demoralised them.

Shinde also said Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray solidly backed party workers. He was addressing a press conference after former Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) corporator Mangesh Satamkar joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena from the Thackeray faction.

When a party worker, office bearer is in trouble, there is an expectation that our leader should back him and provide moral support. Many people say whenever there were hard times, the backing is not there and the worker gets demoralised, Shinde said. More than a dozen corporators from the Thackeray faction have joined Shinde since the Shiv Sena split in June last year.