Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray’s “taint” jab at Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has been denounced by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Gadkari, while denouncing Thackeray’s comments, said Thackeray could talk about the development work carried out by the BJP “when we are in power and when they (MVA) were in power”.
But making such unfounded personal accusations goes against Maharashtra’s political tradition, he said.
In a speech to BJP supporters in Fadnavis’ hometown of Nagpur, Thackeray said that the BJP leader was a “taint” on the city since he had sided with the NCP while claiming he would never do so.
Thackeray had argued that Fadnavis’ “no means yes” when he stated he would never work with the NCP while playing an old audio tape of the BJP leader making the same claim.
The BJYM (Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha) employees tore up posters of Thackeray.
Near the Nagpur airport, the BJYM members shouted abuse at Mr. Thackeray and tore down his posters.
On Tuesday morning, rallies against the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader would be held in the city, according to a local BJP leader.
Ajit Pawar, the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), formerly served as Deputy Chief Minister in the Maharashtra administration under Eknath Shinde.
Along with Ajit Pawar, several NCP figures joined and took an oath of office as ministers, including Chhagan Bhujbal.
Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Munde, Aditi Tatkare, and Aatram Dharamraobaba Bhagwantrao are some of the other NCP politicians who took an oath to serve in the Maharashtra cabinet as ministers.
Ajit Pawar served as the Leader of the Opposition in the NCP prior to the division.
He is the nephew of Sharad Pawar, the president of the NCP, who was instrumental in forging the NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena coalition known as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which governed Maharashtra from 2019 to 22 until Shinde’s mutiny divided Sena and brought the alliance to an end.
