My rebellion was for saving Shiv Sena: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Saturday said that his rebellion was for saving the Shiv Sena the PTI reportedCM Shinde said that he rebelled against Uddhav Thackerays leadership and split the Shiv Sena in June 2022 only to save the partyLaunching the campaign of the Shiv Sena faction led by CM Shinde for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections at Rajgurunagar in Pune district of Maharashtra at a Shiv Sankalp rally he also defended his governments record on the investment front according to the PTII took the stand with honesty and with the intention of saving the party said CM Shinde who toppled the Uddhav Thackerayled coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government of the Shiv Sena Congress and NCP and formed an alliance with the BJP to become chief ministerShiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray could have become Maharashtras chief minister when the party came to power in alliance with the BJP for the first time in 1995 but he made another party worker Manohar Joshi chief minister instead CM Shinde said as per the PTISomeone said I have promised that I will make a Shiv Sena worker chief minister but then he himself became CM Eknath Shinde said while taking a jibe at Uddhav ThackerayUddhav Thackeray who broke off a decadesold alliance with the BJP in 2019 on the issue of the chief ministers post had defended his decision by stating that he had promised his late father that a Sena worker would once again get the top post in the stateCM Shinde meanwhile also responded to the criticism his government is facing over bigticket projects going outside Maharashtra Of Rs 137 lakh croreworth investment deals signed at Davos last year 85 per cent of the deals materialised he claimed as per the news agencyIn the preceding twoandhalf years Gujarat had overtaken Karnataka and Maharashtra but in the last year and a half we have regained the top rank the chief minister saidAb Ki Baar 45 Paar this time we will win more than 45 out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra will be the new slogan for Maharashtra People have acknowledged the work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the results were seen in the assembly elections in four states Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde further saidMaharashtra is the first state in the country to provide crop insurance at one rupeeThe decisions not taken in the last 5060 years have been taken by the Modi government in the last nine years The work of the doubleengine government is in full swing and this is the reason NCP leader Ajit Pawar also joined us he addedwith PTI inputs