Overview
- The meeting at Parliament House ran for over an hour and covered Maharashtra development projects and security concerns tied to the Gulf conflict.
- Shinde said Maharashtrians stranded in Kuwait City, Dubai and Muscat have been returned to Mumbai and Pune, including two evacuation flights from Dubai.
- He accused Congress and the Uddhav Thackeray faction of spreading gas-shortage rumours, insisted supplies are normal, and directed Shiv Sena MPs to counter misinformation.
- Shinde also met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, interacted with Union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Piyush Goyal, and convened a separate meeting with Shiv Sena MPs led by Shrikant Shinde.
- UBT leader Sanjay Raut alleged Shinde answers to Delhi leaders, and The Statesman reported, citing unnamed sources, that Shinde met Amit Shah and reviewed Supreme Court strategy on the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol.