Eknath Shinde, the outgoing Maharashtra Chief Minister, was taken to a Thane’s Jupiter Hospital Tuesday afternoon after doctors recommended a “full examination” of his health and medical status.
Mr Shinde – at the centre of a tug-of-war in the Maharashtra chief ministerial race – may be admitted, but sources played down talk of an emergency, explaining this is a “routine check-up”.
Mr Shinde himself spoke to reporters outside the hospital and said, “My health is fine.”
Amid deliberations between his outfit and the Bharatiya Janta Party – which is the single-largest in the Assembly and in pole position to name the next Chief Minister – Mr Shinde has been stationed in Thane since returning from a 48-hour visit last week to his hometown in Satara district.
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