Pawar in my heart, but now I have strength of Thackeray’s: Sachin Ahir on joining Shiv Sena

Mumbai | Former NCP leader Sachin Ahir today after joining the Shiv Sena said that NCP chief Sharad Pawar is still in his heart.

Ahir who joined Shiv Sena in presence of party chief Uddhav Thackeray said that he had no conflict with any of the NCP leaders, Sharad Pawar is still in my hearts, however now I have the strength of Bala Saheb Thackeray.

Hitting out at Ahir, NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik on twitter wrote,” Those who are alive swim against the flow, the dead get washed away with the water.

जो जिंदा होते हैं वह प्रवाह के विरूद्ध तैरते हैं,
मुर्दा लोग पानी के साथ बह जाते हैं।
साथियों जिंदा हो तो जिंदा नज़र आना ज़रूरी है।
जयहिंद जय राष्ट्रवाद।@NCPspeaks @MumbaiNCP

— Nawab Malik (@nawabmalikncp) July 25, 2019

Ahir, a former MoS in the previous Congress-NCP government is the nephew of gangster turned politician Arun Gawli. He was also the MLA from Mumbai Worli constituency in 2009.

Sachin Ahir joining Shiv Sena is an attempt by the party to make way for Aditya Thackeray who is likely to contest upcoming Assembly election from Worli. The party would like to capitalise the Ahir’s vote bank in the constituency for Junior Thackeray.

Currently, Shiv Sena’s Sunil Shinde is the MLA from Worli Constituency who defeated Ahir by a margin of 23 thousand votes in the 2014 Assembly elections.