Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant joined the Shinde group and reached Guwahati on Sunday. Samant is the higher and technical education minister in the Uddhav Thackeray-led government.

He was seen with Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray for the meetings held during the past few days. Samant is considered to be a close aide of Aaditya Thackeray.

There was much speculation over Samant’s arrival at the hotel from Surat and his movement was being closely tracked.