Eknath Shinde, the leader of a staggering coup against Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, claims that he has the backing of around 50 MLAs, nearly 40 from the Shiv Sena.
Amid the tussle between the Shiv Sena leadership and a rebel faction of MLAs that threatens to topple Maharashtra's Uddhav Thackeray-led alliance government, a Union Minister's remark has become the talking point.