"May Have Died Had Anything Gone Wrong": Eknath Shinde On His Rebellion
NDTV
Eknath Shinde was visiting his native village Dare in western Maharashtra's Satara district
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that he and other rebel Shiv Sena MLAs would have ended up dead had there been any "sabotage" during their coup against the party leadership.
He was speaking on Thursday after visiting his native village Dare in western Maharashtra's Satara district for the first time after becoming chief minister.
In a bold move that brought down the government headed by Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Mr Shinde and other Shiv Sena MLAs supporting him left Maharashtra in the third week of June and camped in Guwahati for almost ten days.
Referring to the episode, Mr Shinde said he was not worried for himself, but was aware that he had the responsibility of 50 MLAs.
