A controversy erupted on Wednesday over Yuva Sena secretary Varun Sardesai's presence at a meeting chaired by his uncle and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, with the BJP terming it as the rise of an "alternative power centre".
Apart from Sardesai, the chief minister's son Aaditya Thackeray, who is an MLA from Worli in Mumbai and head of the Yuva Sena, was also present at the meeting held at the state secretariat on Monday.
The Yuva Sena is the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena's youth wing.
In some photographs, Sardesai, who is the nephew of chief minister's wife Rashmi Thackeray, was seen attending the meeting chaired by the CM two days back.
Reacting to it, BJP's chief spokesperson Madhav Bhandari said, "It looks like an alternative power centre is being created apart from the chief minister's office. It should not happen again."
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