“Joined Politics 15 Years Ago…”: BJP Leader’s Veiled Dig At Devendra Fadnavis
Eknath Khadse was once talking all the way through a serve as at Jalgaon in north Maharashtra. (FILE)
Mumbai:
In a veiled assault on Maharashtra BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis, his senior birthday party colleague Eknath Khadse on Wednesday stated that some other folks, who joined politics most effective 15 years in the past, had been now seeking to educate politicians like him.
He was once talking all the way through a serve as at Jalgaon in north Maharashtra at the instance of his 68th birthday.
“When BJP-Shiv Sena contested the 2014 state meeting elections one at a time, our efforts helped the birthday party (BJP) come just about absolute majority. Alternatively, those that got here into politics within the closing 15 years are actually seeking to educate us,” he stated.
“Other folks without a doubt didn’t just like the statement of ‘I can come again’,” Mr Khadse stated.
Right through the meeting elections held in October closing yr, Mr Fadnavis, who was once then the executive minister, had again and again used ‘Mi punha yein’ (I can come again) slogan as a part of his ballot marketing campaign.
The BJP and the Sena, which had fought the 2019 state polls in alliance, had secured a at ease majority via profitable 105 and 56 seats respectively.
The Sena, then again, broke its three-decade-long ties with the BJP after the latter declined to proportion the executive minister’s publish. The Sena in the end joined arms with the NCP and Congress to shape the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi executive with Sena president Uddhav Thackeray as the executive minister. Mr Khadse has been essential of Mr Fadnavis ever since he was once compelled to renounce as income minister of the erstwhile BJP executive in 2016 over land snatch and different allegations.
“A number of birthday party staff and leaders are disillusioned and indignant over the injustice meted out to me. I believe their emotions can explode any time,” the outstanding OBC chief stated.
I’ve been a staunch supporter and loyalist of the BJP because the closing 40 years, Mr Khadse added.
“The birthday party does now not have sufficient numbers to stake declare for presidency formation in Maharashtra. A small defection is not going to paintings, however a whole birthday party will have to merge into the BJP.
Simplest then it’s imaginable for our birthday party to come back to energy within the state. I believe this can be a naive hope at this second,” he stated.
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