Maha CM Eknath Shinde, ministers pay obeisance to Goddess Kamakhya in Guwahati

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and several other ministers and MLAs along with their families on Saturday visited Guwahati to pay obeisance to Goddess KamakhyaTheir short trip to the northeastern state comes five months after Shinde along with a group of Shiv Sena MLAs and Independent legislators stayed at a hotel in Guwahati for a week from June 2229 before toppling the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in the western stateShinde arrived with an entourage of over 170 people including more than 50 ministers and MLAs in a special flight and was received at the airport by Assam ministersThey drove to the Kamakhya temple situated atop Nilachal hill in the city and performed pujaAlso read Maharashtra Vikram Gokhale created benchmark with his acting skills says GuvOn his arrival at Guwahati airport Shinde told reporters that Sarma had sent three of his ministers and bureaucrats to welcome himShinde said he has come to Guwahati to offer prayers at the Kamakhya Devi temple at the invitation of his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa SarmaIn the evening Sarma has kept dinner meeting for us the Maharasthra CM said Shindes entourage was given a rousing welcome with slogans of Bharat mata ki jai BJP leader Mohit Bharatiya is accompanying Shinde and his MLAsOn asked about the criticism for his Guwahati visit Shinde said the opposition has no other work than criticising him All development work is being done by his government he saidTalking to reporters later Shinde expressed satisfaction at the darshanWe paid obeisance before the Goddess We prayed for peace and happiness for everyone We had a good darshan the Shiv Sena leader said in his brief comments before the mediaThe group is scheduled to spend the night at the same luxury where the rebel MLAs had stayed in JuneShinde will also be meeting Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma later in the evening as per official sourcesMeanwhile NCP spokesman Mahesh Tapase in Mumbai said the Shinde government will soon face the wrath of Kamakhya Devi and claimed that the governments days are numbered as the disqualification petition against the rebel MLAs will be heard in the Supreme court on November 29This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever