In a bid to further isolate the faction led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has written to the State Legislative Council's deputy chairperson, requesting that Viplove Bajoria be appointed as the Shiv Sena's chief whip in the Upper House.
๐๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ
Viplove Bajoria was the first MLC of Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray-led party who had joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
He is the son of Gopikishan Bajoria, a former MLC of the undivided Shiv Sena, who comes from Maharashtra's Akola district. Gopikishan had joined the Shinde-led Sena in July last year and had leveled allegations against Uddhav Thackeray.
๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ-๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ผ๐น๐ถ
Viplove, who is 36 years old, was elected as an MLC from the Parbhani-Hingoli local bodies constituency in 2018, making him the youngest member in the legislative council in the country.
He studied law in Mumbai and is also a businessman, serving as the Director of Janata Commercial Co-operative Bank.
๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ
Viplove and his father Gopikishan were in the news recently after being accused of land grabbing. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Nagpur bench of the High Court alleging that the father-son duo, along with government officials, conspired to grab 1.75 acres of government land worth approximately Rs 80 lakh.
