'Bring Fighter Planes From Modi Baba': Eknath Shinde’s Grandson Makes Special Demand

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New Delhi: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Wednesday, accompanied by his family. The meeting, which saw Shinde travel to the capital specifically for the occasion, included his wife Lata Shinde, his MP son Dr. Shrikant Shinde, and daughter-in-law Vrushali Shinde.

However, the highlight of the conversation was someone missing from the meeting, Shinde’s five-year-old grandson, Rudransh.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with his family, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Delhi

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According to an NDTV report, PM Modi’s first question was about Rudransh. Shinde replied that the boy was at home playing, but added with a smile, “Rudransh has a demand. He said his grandfather should bring fighter planes and toys from Modi Baba,” which drew hearty laughter from the Prime Minister.

Speaking to reporters later, Shinde remarked that his grandson had made a “good demand.” “Fighter planes can be used for our fighting too,” he quipped, alluding to the political battles ahead in Maharashtra, particularly the upcoming civic elections.

Interestingly, while Eknath Shinde was in Delhi to meet PM Modi at Lok Kalyan Marg, his political rival Uddhav Thackeray was also in the capital, attending a dinner hosted by the INDIA alliance with his family.

Taking a swipe, Shinde remarked, “He came to Delhi to go to 10 Janpath and we are going to Lok Kalyan Marg, as told by Bala Saheb Thackeray.”

During the meeting, Shinde also presented PM Modi with an image of Lord Shankar to commemorate the success of Operation Mahadev, a recent anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir in which a terrorist involved in the Pahalgam massacre was eliminated.

When asked about the status of Operation Tiger, a term speculated to refer to efforts to weaken the Shiv Sena (UBT), Shinde clarified, “We are talking about Operation Sindoor and Operation Mahadev. Not Operation Tiger.”