Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde received a death threat on February 20. According to Mumbai Police, an anonymous person sent an email with threats to Goregaon Police station.
---Advertisement---
The individual had threatened to blow up Eknath Shinde’s car. Similar threat emails were also received at Mantralaya and JJ Marg Police Station. The police officials are probing and searching for the sender of the threat mail.
---Advertisement---
Earlier in the day, Shinde was present at the oath taking ceremony of Delhi CM Rekha Gupta.
Speaking on Rekha Gupta's appointment, Shinde expressed his happiness, referring to her as a 'Ladli Behna' (beloved sister).
"It is a matter of happiness that our Ladli Behna Rekha Gupta is becoming the Chief Minister of Delhi. Delhi will now move towards becoming a "Viksit Delhi" ," Shinde said.
On February 19, Eknath Shinde exhorted party workers to be ready for the upcoming municipal polls in the state.
Addressing Shiv Sena office bearers and workers at a gathering held at the NSCI Dome Center in Worli, he said, "Take the work done by the government in Mumbai and the state over the last two and a half years to the people. Every ward should have a Shiv Sena branch, and every home should have a Shiv Sainik. We delivered one blow in the assembly elections, and now we need to deliver the second blow in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation."