Omraje Nimbalkar says he will be happy if both Shiv Senas unite, leaves decision to party chiefs

Talk of a merger of the two Nationalist Congress parties is under way in Maharashtra politics. Amid this, the question of the two factions of the Shiv Sena coming together has also begun to be raised. People are asking whether Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray will join hands again. Shinde faction MP Omraje Nimbalkar has now given his view on the matter.

In a conversation, Omraje Nimbalkar said the heads of the two parties are currently separate, so the final decision on coming together will have to be taken by them. He stated his own position on the matter in plain terms.

He also said that if the two Shiv Senas unite, "we will only be happy". According to Omraje, this is also the sentiment of ordinary people and party workers. His statement has begun to be discussed in political circles.

Omraje also spoke about his decision to leave the Thackeray faction and join the Shinde faction. He said nobody changes parties happily, and that some circumstances have always built up behind such a move. He said the public had begun to show them the mirror. They had faced defeat in the municipal council, Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections. He asked, "Was our work so bad that we should not get even a single municipal council or Panchayat Samiti?"

Earlier, Shinde faction Member of the Legislative Council Chandrakant Raghuvanshi had also made a statement on the unification of the Shiv Sena. He had said that if Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray came together, it would be the real Diwali. Omraje Nimbalkar has now also expressed a positive sentiment about the two Shiv Senas coming together, which has revived the discussion.

Amid the political developments in the state, reactions have begun to come in on the unification of the two parties. Political circles are now watching what stand Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray take on the matter.