Eknath Shinde sacked as Shiv Sena group leader in Maha Legislative Assembly

New Delhi: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that Eknath Shinde has been sacked as Shiv Sena group leader in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

The development comes on the back of revolt from Shinde within the party.

Earlier in the day, Shinde had said he will never "cheat for power" and abandon the teachings of Bal Thackeray.

"We are staunch Shiv Sainiks of Balasaheb who gave us lessons on Hindutva. We will never cheat for power and will never abandon the teachings of Balasaheb and Anand Dighe for power," Shinde tweeted in Marathi, his first reaction on the ongoing political crisis triggered by him in the state.

The late Dighe, a Shiv Sena stalwart from Thane, was the political mentor of Shinde.

Shinde and a few MLAs of the ruling Shiv Sena have gone incommunicado and are camping in Surat, a move putting a question mark on the stability of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation also comprising NCP and Congress.