‘Shinde showed who is the real Shiv Sena’: Fadnavis on Maharashtra CM’s Dussehra rally

Hailing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Dussehra rally, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis exuded confidence for the upcoming Assembly elections.

“I will congratulate the Chief Minister. Yesterday, he showed who the real Shiv Sena is. Yesterday, there were twice the number of people in BKC than Shivaji Park,” said Fadnavis. He also highlighted ‘saffron’ and the “real Shiv Sena’s’ victory.

“There 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,” he added.

He also alleged former CM Uddhav Thackeray shielded the Mumbai blast convicts. “He (Uddhav Thackeray) supported the Mumbai bomb blast convicts, took along those who called Savarkar bad every day, and therefore he is seeing such times,” he said.

Earlier on 5 October, 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.

“They call me ‘Katappa’. I want to tell you that even ‘Katappa’ had self-respect and did not have double standards like you,” Shinde said.

Uddhav Thackeray had recently said, “The 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 ‘Katappa’ and betrayed us. They were thinking that I will never return from hospital.”

Slamming Uddhav Thackeray, Shinde said that if Balasaheb Thackeray had been alive, Narayan Rane would have become the CM.

“He (Uddhav Thackeray) didn’t 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 CM”, CM added.

Balasaheb Thackeray’s other son Jaidev Thackeray came to show his support and shared the stage with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde during the Dussehra rally at Mumbai’s BKC ground on Wednesday.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and leaders from his faction attended the Shiv Sena Dussehra rally on MMRDA ground.

Shinde paid tribute to Balasaheb Thackeray.