CM Eknath Shinde’s strong attack on Uddhav, joined hands with Congress to become CM

Mumbai. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has launched a scathing attack on former CM Uddhav Thackeray. He also spoke openly about the reason for the split in Shiv Sena. He said that when there was a Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state, I was also with them. That government was against the ideas of Balasaheb Thackeray. I explained a lot to Uddhav Thackeray, but he formed an alliance with Congress to become the Chief Minister. Balasaheb Thackeray used to say keep Congress away. Our party was suffering losses, our party was on the verge of ending, that is why we toppled the government and formed a Shiv Sena BJP coalition government.

Eknath Shinde said, ‘In the last two years, we worked for the public. I am happy that the work we have done in two years was appreciated by Prime Minister Modi himself. The central and state governments are governments with the same ideology. We have benefited a lot from this. I consider myself a CM meaning ‘common man’.’

Shinde also lashed out at the opposition’s allegations
On the opposition’s allegations, Shinde said that the opposition thought that they were puppets. They did not know that we would run such big schemes. The industry would trust us. Our government is working for the people. The previous government used to work for itself. It used to work to build its own property.

He hit back when questions were raised on EVMs
On the allegations being made on EVMs, Shinde said, ‘When the decision came in their favour, they say that EVM is fine. When they lose, they say that EVM is bad. Election Commission is bad. They even accuse the court. When they see defeat, they need an excuse, so they make an excuse in advance.’

Advice given to Congress on Kharge’s statement
On the statement of Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge that ‘we should give only as much guarantee as our budget allows’, Chief Minister Shinde said that Kharge is right, because he does not have the intention to give. He does not know how to give, he knows how to take. If PM Modi sends one rupee then the whole rupee goes to DBT (Direct Bank Transfer). He has not learned to give.

He said that we followed the guidelines of RBI and Central Government. We can take a loan of 25% of GDP. Our loan is 17.5% and we are within 3% of FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act). We follow every guideline, we have not violated anything, so we have kept a full year’s budget for it, so this scheme will not stop. No one will stop the Ladli Behan Yojana.

Said this on Nawab Malik’s candidature
Regarding Nawab Malik, Shinde said that our role was the same before and is still the same. We have also fielded a candidate there. Our stand is clear. We do not change our stand.

Slammed Arvind Sawant’s comment
On Arvind Sawant’s comment on Shina NC, Shinde said, ‘It is very unfortunate to talk like this about a sister…no amount of condemnation is enough. If Bala Saheb Thackeray were alive now, he would have really broken his face…this is his nature. Even when we were in Guwahati, he had defamed our women in the same way. All the sisters will definitely teach such people a lesson in the coming elections.’

Said this about Raj Thackeray
Regarding Raj Thackeray, he said that he was with us in the Lok Sabha, I had talked to him. He said that let the Shiv Sena-BJP-NCP alliance happen, we will talk later…but he directly fielded a candidate. We have an MLA there for 2-3 times.

Speak on Baba Siddiqui murder case too
On the murder of Baba Siddiqui, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that the incident is very unfortunate. People have been detained yesterday. The government will go to the root of this incident. Whoever is responsible for this will not be spared.

Said this on the Chief Minister’s face
On the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections and Chief Minister’s face, Maharashtra CM Shinde said that work, development of the state, change in lifestyle, all this has been done by our government. In the Lok Sabha elections, the vote share had increased towards Shiv Sena. The same will happen in these elections. Right now I am the team leader. Our team is working. Everyone in our team is equal. Our goal is to bring Mahayuti government and develop the state.