Eknath shinde son and daughter

A portion of a famous sweets shop in Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s constituency Thane was suddenly demolished a few days ago. There was not much reason why this should have made news beyond Thane in ordinary circumstances but a political slugfest over the action grabbed eyeballs. The row began when Shinde’s PR machinery, armed with a video of the shop owner and a copy of a non-cognisable offence entry, approached the media to quell speculations that the chief minister’s daughter-in-law was behind the demolition. In the widely circulated video, owner of Prashant Corner, Pandurang Sakpal, can be heard saying: “Vrushali Shinde never came to our shop. The Shinde family is not related by any means to the action taken by the municipal corporation.” Vrushali Shinde is the wife of Shrikant Shinde, MP and son of the chief minister. A senior leader of the Shinde faction of Shiv Sena also tweeted in support of Vrushali. “Fake Shiv Sena’s efforts to ‘corner’ us have been foiled by the owner of ‘Prashant Corner’. But [Sanjay] Raut will continue to act like he is asleep. The fake Sena has got scared due to the pace of work of CM Eknath Shinde. That’s why they are trying to drag the family into political controversies,” Naresh Mhaske said. Mhaske claimed that it was Raut who had allegedly spread the rumour that a portion of the shop was demolished after the staff “did not give proper treatment” to the chief minister’s daughter-in-law. आम्हाला ‘ कॉर्नर’ करण्याचा नकली शिवसेनेच...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who lost his two children in a boat accident twenty years ago, stepped forward to lend a helping hand to a Maharashtrian family living in Patna on Saturday. The chief minister arranged two private ambulances to airlift two children, aged 10 and 12, who had suffered severe burn injuries after an air conditioner exploded at their home early on Friday morning. Shinde himself footed the Rs 20 lakh bill of the two private ambulances, Shiv Sena medical wing chief Mangesh Chivate told The Indian Express on Monday. The family of Amol Jadhav, a native of Gursule village in Khatav taluka of Satara, has been living in Patna for 20 years and is involved in the jewellery business. Early on Friday morning, gas leaked out of their air conditioner which led to an explosion. While Amol Jadhav suffered minor injuries, his wife and two kids suffered severe burns and were admitted to a hospital in Patna. Other reads | The family then alerted their relatives in Satara who, in turn, tried to contact MLAs and MPs. They also tried to get private ambulances, but the cost of ferrying the patients was too high. “We managed to get one air ambulance for Amol’s wife. It cost Rs 10 lakh. She was brought to Surya Hospital in Pune on Saturday. Amol, who suffered minor burns, arrived in Pune by plane. He has been admitted to our hospital,” said Dr Jadhav. The family members in Maharashtra then spent a day trying to get air ambulances for the two children. Kisant Sa...