Current Maharashtra CM doesn't sit at home: Devendra Fadnavis' swipe at Uddhav Thackeray

In a veiled swipe at Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said the current chief minister does not sit at home but tours the state and meets peopleHe also said the alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will win the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation pollsThackeray was often accused by the BJP of not stepping out of Mumbai during his tenure as the chief minister November 2019 June 2022 and mostly using his residence for meetingsFadnavis said MLA Ashish Shelar was asked to take up the post of Mumbai BJP to ensure victory in the BMC polls and exuded confidence the latter will win the matchWhen the BMC polls took place last time with Shelar was Mumbai BJP president the party won 82 seats in the 227member civic body in 2017 We were ready to install our mayor but took two steps back for our ally Shiv Sena and allowed them to have their mayor This time the mayor will be from the BJPSena alliance the Deputy CM said told a karyakarta melava party workers conventionAlso Read Would burst Handi of corruption in BMC Devendra FadnavisHe went on to underline that the real Shiv Sena which was following the ideology of its late founder Bal Thackeray was the one led by CM ShindeFadnavis said the previous BJPled government between 2014 and 2019 began investing Rs 3 lakh crore in the metropolis and surrounding areas through the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA and this was possible due to the strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra ModiAccusing the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi government of not doing anything to take the Dharavi redevelopment project forward Fadnavis said the new dispensation under Shinde will remove all hurdles in the next three months and realise the dream of giving residents of one of the densest urban sprawls in the world their rightful homesCorruption has gripped the BMC Of late Kiritji former MP Kirit Somaiya and others have exposed several irregularities We have seen how the money of citizens has reached the vaults of some people Every year we see potholed roads waterlogging and civic projects continue to linger for years he allegedThese are not projects but milch cows for some people to have malai clotted cream but used to signify bribes kickbacks a commission in political parlance During COVID they those ruling BMC were not concerned about people but how they could get benefited Every day new firms used to be formed which would decide what needs to be purchased and bag a civic order the senior BJP leader further allegedFadnavis said it was the responsibility of the alliance to ensure the dream of Bal Thackeray for Mumbai is realised as those who came to power taking the latters name turned selfcentric and crushed that dream by ignoring the common MumbaikarAlso Read Maharashtra Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis urges citizens to celebrate festivals in grand mannerHe said in the runup to the civic polls certain segments will raise emotional issues and claim that there was a ploy to separate Mumbai from MaharashtraI request them to at least change the dialogue For how long will you survive on that same dialogue Fadnavis said in an apparent swipe at the Uddhav Thackerayled faction of the SenaThe other dialogue they say is Mumbai will not bow down before Delhi Mumbai is the financial capital and Delhi is the political capital When any CM from Maharashtra goes to Delhi they will say he is bowing to Delhishwars he saidDelhi is the capital of the country and one has to go there or else how would state projects be completed Fadnavis questionedWithout naming Uddhav Thackeray the BJP leader said you went to Delhi not in the interest of Maharashtra but to bow before Congress president Sonia GandhiI would like to say yes Mumbai will not bow down before Delhi but in the interest of Mumbaikars if the CM and I have to go to Delhi many times we will go Fadnavis addedHe said Janmashtami was celebrated with full pomp and fervour on Friday and assured that under the Eknath Shinde dispensation festivals like Ganeshotsav Navratri Shiv Jayanti Ambedkar Jayanti etc will be celebrated across the state with similar gustoNow the CM will not sit at home and nor will he allow you to remain at home he said taking a jibe at Uddhav ThackerayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever