Fadnavis says, โThere will be saffron on the assembly but that saffron will be the saffron of the real Shiv Sena i.e. Shinde of Shiv Sena and BJP allianceโ
Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hailed Chief Minister Eknath Shindeโs Dussehra rally and exuded confidence for the upcoming Assembly elections.
โWill congratulate the Chief Minister, yesterday he showed who is the real Shiv Sena, yesterday there were twice the number of people in BKC than Shivaji Park,โ said Fadnavis. He also highlighted โsaffronโ and โreal Shiv Senaโsโ victory.
โThere will be saffron on the assembly but that saffron will be the saffron of the real Shiv Sena i.e. Shinde of Shiv Sena and BJP alliance,โ he added.
He also alleged former CM Uddhav Thackeray has shielded the Mumbai blast convicts.
โHe (Uddhav Thackeray) supported the Mumbai bomb blast convicts, took along those who called Savarkar bad every day, and therefore he is seeing such times,โ he said.
Earlier on October 5, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde during his Dussehra rally hit back at Uddhav Thackeray for his Katappa remark, saying that even Katappa had self-respect and did not have double standards.
โThey call me โKatappaโ. I want to tell you that even โKatappaโ had self-respect and did not have double standards like you,โ Shinde said.
Recently Uddhav Thackeray said, โThe only thing I feel angry about is that when I was admitted to the hospital, the people whom I gave the responsibility (of the state) became โKatappaโ and betrayed usโฆ They were thinking that I will never return from hospital.โ
Slamming Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde said that if Balasaheb Thackeray had been alive, Narayan Rane would have become the CM.
โHe (Uddhav Thackeray) didnโt feel ashamed of taking the oath of CM. If Balasaheb Thackeray had been alive he would not have become CM, Balasaheb would have made Narayan Rane CMโ, CM added.
Balasaheb Thackerayโs other son Jaidev Thackeray came to show his support and shared the stage with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde during the Dussehra rally at Mumbaiโs BKC ground on Wednesday.
Extending support to CM Shinde, Jaidev Thackeray said, โDonโt leave Eknath Shinde alone. He is working for farmers and commonersโ.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and leaders from his faction attended the Shiv Sena Dussehra rally on MMRDA ground.
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Shinde paid tribute to Balasaheb Thackeray. โShashtr poojaโ (worship of arms) was performed for the 51 feet sword for which a Mahant was called from Ayodhya in UP.โ
Shinde lambasted his former party leader Uddhav Thackeray over the alliance with Congress and called him a traitor. โBalasaheb Thackeray made an alliance with BJP. You did โgaddariโ, we are not โgaddarโ. You have committed a sinโฆ go apologise to Balasaheb samadhi at Shivaji Parkโ.
Shinde further lauded his governance and said that while Uddhav Thackeray betrayed the people of Maharashtra and sold the ideology of Balasaheb Thackeray, he brought about a revolution. โYou point at us for stealing your father but you have sold your father and the packed ground here shows this,โ he said.
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