Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde
Flagship party initiatives and government welfare schemes are allegedly handed over to preferred relatives and close associates of the party district president, completely bypassing the designated local office-bearers and grassroots workers,” Borade said. “We demand immediate structural changes and top-level intervention before considering a return to the party duties,” Borade said. Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar : Hours before deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde arrived in Jalna to distribute Diwali kits to drought-affected farmers, his party’s district unit plunged into turmoil amid allegations of favouritism and threats of mass resignations over the distribution of relief material. Several local office-bearers, including taluka chiefs from the Mantha and Partur assembly constituencies, have offered to resign from their party posts in an open revolt against the Shiv Sena district president. The aggrieved leaders, led by Mantha taluka chief Uday Borade, have accused the district president of arbitrary, dictatorial, and monopolistic functioning, saying it has divided the local unit. “Dedicated and long-time party loyalists have been systematically marginalized over the past year.