Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the BJP still wants to support the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Amit Thackeray, son of Chairman Raj Thackeray, holds the Mahim Assembly seat. The state’s ruling party, Shiv Sena, is also contesting from this seat. Meanwhile, the Sindhist Shiv Sena has also fielded its candidate from the seat. Fadnavis said efforts would be made to find a solution.
Senior BJP leader Fadnavis also said the party would work to convince the majority of rebels to withdraw their nominations. In addition, some seats will also be contested in friendly contests during parliamentary elections.
What did Deputy Minister Fadnavis say?
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena fields sitting MLA Sardar Sarvankar from Mahim Sada Sarvankar), while Mahesh Sawant is the candidate of the Shiv Sena (UBT) led by former state chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. Raj Thackeray’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is not part of the grand alliance of the BJP, Shiv Sena and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), but it is in It supported the ruling coalition in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year.
Fadnavis said the BJP and Chief Minister Shinde have reached an agreement to support MNS candidate Amit Thackeray, who is contesting from Mahim constituency for the first time. However, Shinde-led Shiv Sena leaders argue that if the party does not contest the elections, its voters will shift to Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), he said. The BJP is ready to support Amit and remains firm on its stance. When asked about solutions to this dilemma, Fadnavis said, “When we (Mahayuti leaders) meet, we will discuss and try to find a solution.”
‘The challenge comes from the rebels’
Fadnavis also said that all major political parties in the state are facing challenges from rebels in the assembly elections. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday claimed that his close aide and then Home Minister RR Patil ordered a public inquiry into his alleged multi-crore irrigation scam. Backstabbed him.
Pawar claimed that after taking office as chief minister in 2014, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis showed him a document mentioning Patil’s comments on the FIR. Asked about Congress leader Pawar’s comments, Fadnavis said the investigation against Ajit Pawar did begin when the Congress and the (then non-divided) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were in power. However, I will not say anything about RR Patil’s decision as he has passed away. The 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will go to polls on November 20 and counting of votes will take place on November 23.
