MUMBAI : Shiv Sena leader Abdul Sattar on Saturday resigned as minister from Maha Vikas Agadi govt in Maharashtra, over cabinet inclusion woes. The politician had joined Shiv Sena from Congress shortly before the Assembly elections. According to sources, Sattar- a Minister of State - was upset about not being assigned a cabinet position. Earlier, several Congress leaders had also expressed similar disappointment.
Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aaditya Thackeray, Nationalist Congress Party’s Ajit Pawar and 34 other leaders from Shiv Sena, the NCP and Congress were among politicians who took oath as state cabinet ministers on 30 December. Prakash Solanke, the NCP MLA from Beed district, had resigned hours after the cabinet expansion.
The Shiv Sena, which ran for Assembly elections together with BJP , parted ways after the latter refused to give in to Sena;s demand for rotational chief ministership.
