Amid the ongoing political turmoil in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MLA Nitin Deshmukh, who was presumed to have sided with the rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, reappeared on Wednesday, 22 June, claiming that he was abducted and taken to Gujarat's Surat.
Voicing his support for Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, he said, "I am Balasaheb Thackeray's Shiv Sainik. I am going home."
According to PTI, the minister claimed that he was forcibly admitted to a hospital in Nagpur where he was administered injections even though he never suffered a heart attack.