Last Resort

BJP leaders meet Guv, while Sena remains firm on rotation of CM’s post & shifts MLAs to hotels amid rising fears of poaching

- Vidya

Multitude of luxury cars kept moving in and out of the Rangsharda hotel in upmarket Bandra through the night where Shiv Sena MLAs have been hurled together to be kept away from the prying eyes of BJP, the alliance party.

Resort politics has surfaced time and again in the political area, especially in Karnataka. In June this year, all three key players — Congress and JDS and opposition BJP — have herded their MLAs in luxury stays to keep thier flock intact amid the continuing imbroglio triggered by the legislators’ resignation saga.

Speaking to media outside the hotel, Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde said, “Tomorrow (Friday is an important day. Whatever decision has to be taken, it will be taken by Uddhavji (Thackeray). We will stand by that decision.”

Although Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut denounced ‘fears’ of any MLA being poached, he said, “The reason why all the MLAs have been put up at Rangsharda is because all the MLAs are from outside and there is no accommodation that they have. They needed to be put up somewhere.”