Eknath Shinde To Travel To Thane Today, His Doctor Says He’s Down With Fever, Sore Throat – News18

Last Updated:December 01, 2024, 12:19 IST

Speculations were rife that Eknath Shinde visited his village as he was upset with the shaping up of new Maharashtra government.

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Caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who has been under the weather for a few days, will return to Thane on Sunday evening, sources said.

Shinde had a fever and throat infection, his family doctor RM Parte said on Saturday.

“He has been given medicines and put on IV (intra-venous therapy for medication). He will feel better in two days. He is leaving for Mumbai on Sunday,” Dr Parte said.

He had headed to his native village Dare in the Satara district on Friday amid speculations that he was unhappy with the way the new government was shaping up. He was checked on by a team of doctors after he developed a high fever on Saturday.

Shinde is returning to Mumbai a day after Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule announced that the swearing-in ceremony of the new government will take place at 5 pm on December 5 in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

NCP chief Ajit Pawar, too, on Saturday said that the next chief minister will be from the BJP along with two deputies. The Mahayuti government had adopted the same formula in its last tenure.