Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde today lashed out Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray for calling him a "contractual chief minister" saying that he will work for the poor, downtrodden, farmers' and all sections of the society. He said, he has taken a contract to make the state prosperous, help the poor and carry forward Balasaheb Thackeray's ideology of Hindutva.<br />''<br />''Giving a reply during the final week proposal on the last day of the monsoon session of the state legislature in the state legislative assembly, Mr. Shinde, however said, he will never indulge in making below the belt rebuttals.<br />''<br />''He also expressed strong reservations on being called as "betrayal". Defending his decision to form an alliance with the BJP to form the government in the state, the chief minister said he has not betrayed the ideology of late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray. He however said that he severed ties with those who did not follow the ideology of the late Sena patriarch.<br />''<br />''Mr. Shinde said that the cost of the houses to be built for the police personnel in the BDD chawls has been brought down to 15 lakh rupees from the earlier 20-25 lakh rupees.<br />''<br />''Talking on providing relief to the farmers', the Chief Minister assured that all necessary help will be provided to them from coming September.<br />''<br />''Speaking on boosting infrastructure projects in the state, he said, nearly 5 thousand kilometers of expressways have been planned in different parts of the state. On the issue of Metro carshed in Aarey, he said that the carshed will help bring down 2 lakh 61 thousand metric tonnes of carbondioxide level.  <br />''<br />''With an eye on the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election, the chief minister said that he has directed the civic chief not to hike the property tax till next one year. The demand to defer the decision to hike property tax was made by several BJP leaders from Mumbai to the chief minister. <br />