The Aryavarth Express
New Delhi: BJP leader Shaina NC strongly hit back at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over his ‘power jihad’ jibe and said that it was a ‘childish’ statement to make.
Reacting to the statement, BJP leader Shaina NC said, “What a childish statement this is. In a democracy, it is the voter that decides victory and defeat, and let’s not forget that Uddhav Thackeray should be reminded of how his MPs got elected in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name.”
The BJP leader also claimed that Thackeray tried to ‘backstab’ the BJP when he was in power despite getting the votes in PM Modi’s name by hatching a conspiracy.
“When he was the chief minister, he chose to backstab the BJP despite getting the votes in PM Modi’s name by hatching a conspiracy and then saying that he would put Devendra Fadnavis in jail. Did Devendra Fadnavis go to jail? Absolutely not. Because it is the people’s blessing that these kinds of statements do not succeed,” she said.
She further attacked Uddhav Thackeray and said, “Also, understand that when you have Pakistani flags that are seen in Thackeray’s meetings in Nashik and Mumbai, it shows what their ideology is. Balasaheb Thackeray would have never gone with the Congress for power.”
Shania NC further said that the people of the state will vote for Prime Minister Modi and Devendra Fadnavis in the state and that the BJP will come back to power.
“So when you accuse certain people or get into polarising different castes and religions for a community that has lived harmoniously, let me please tell you that they will vote for the prime minister and Devendra Fannavis in the state. The BJP will come back to power. It is the Mahayuti who has given stability and security to all citizens without getting into this kind of divisive vote-bank politics,” said the BJP leader.
This was in response to Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement earlier in a BJP conclave.
On July 21, while addressing a BJP conclave in Maharashtra’s Pune, Amit Shah called the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance an “Aurangzeb fan club” and alleged that Thackeray was its leader.
Earlier on August 3, former CM and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray slammed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and said that the battle is in the field, and in Mumbai, either he would stay or the BJP.
The former CM was addressing party workers in Pune on Saturday. He was accompanied by Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut.
Uddhav Thackeray said, “Now that the battle is in the field, I said in Mumbai, ‘either I stay or you stay’. Here is a poster. In the photo, a Kalingad (which Uddhav Thackeray calls Devendra Fadnavis watermelon) is placed at my feet. Some thought I challenged him (Devendra Fadnavis). But you don’t challenge the clods; you have to crush them with your finger. You are not big enough for me to challenge.“
This state is likely to go to vote for the 288-member legislative assembly later this year, as the tenure of the current government ends in 2024.
However, the Election Commission has yet to announce the dates.
The BJP dipped to nine seats in Maharashtra against 23 in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The vote share stood at 26.18 percent. The Congress, on the other hand, marginally improved its seats by securing 13 seats.
The Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Party (NCP) won seven and one seats, respectively, taking the total tally of the NDA to 17. The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) got nine seats, while the nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) won eight seats.