"Not afraid": Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde responds to death threats
Feb 21, 2025
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], February 21 : Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday responded to a recent death threat, stating that such threats were not new to him.
Shinde recalled how he had faced numerous threats, especially when the dance bar was shut down.
"Threats have come before too. There were many threats when the dance bar was closed. There were threats to kill me, and attempts were made, but I was not afraid. The Naxalites had threatened me, but I did not give in to their threats... I did the work of starting the first industrial project in Gadchiroli," he said.
Shinde on Thursday received a death threat in a mail, from an unknown individual. The unidentified individual has threatened to detonate a bomb in Shinde's car.
Similar threat emails were also received at Mantralaya and JJ Marg Police Station. Police are investigating and searching for the sender of the threat mail.
Shinde, while speaking to the media, warned, "Do not take me lightly; I have already said this to those who have taken me lightly. I am a normal party worker, but I am a worker of Bala Saheb, and everyone should take me with this understanding. "
He continued, "When you took it lightly in 2022, the horse turned around, and I changed the government; we brought the government of the wishes of the common people. In my first speech in the Vidhan Sabha, I said that Devendra Fadnavis ji would get more than 200 seats, and we got 232 seats. That is why do not take me lightly; those who want to understand this hint, they should understand it, and I will continue doing my work," Shinde added, asserting his political influence and commitment to serving the people of Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai police have arrested two persons from Buldhana in connection with an email threatening to bomb the car of the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister.
The accused were identified as Mangesh Achyutrao Wayal (35) and Abhay Gajanan Shingane (22). Both are residents of Deulgaon Mahi Buldhana and were apprehended from Buldhana's Deulgaon district in Maharashtra.
