Shinde faction leader c fires salvo at UBT camp, dismisses murder link as 'dirty politics'

Thane, Oct 2 (UNI) In a sharp escalation of Maharashtra's political tussle, former Thane Mayor and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader Minakshi Shinde has launched a ferocious counter-offensive against the Shiv Sena (UBT) leadership. Addressing an aggressive press conference in Thane, Shinde vehemently rejected allegations linking her and her husband to the brutal murder of local UBT division chief Pradeep Purnekar. Accusing heavyweights Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, and Sanjay Raut of "playing dirty politics over a dead body," Shinde claimed the opposition camp is aggressively manipulating a tragedy to rescue its dwindling political relevance. Shinde emphasised that neither she nor…