MVA experiment wasn't wrong, Shiv Sena will have its CM again: Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena president and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA alliance experiment led by him was not wrong and people had welcomed itIn the second part of his interview to Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana Thackeray said he wants not just local body polls due in Maharashtra but also the Assembly elections and claimed the Sena will have its own CM once again for which he will tour the state to rejuvenate the party cadreThe BJP is giving everything to those who have come from other parties from the post of chief minister Sena rebel Eknath Shinde to leader of opposition which is currently held by NCPs Ajit Pawar said Thackeray who turned 62 on WednesdayDelhi wants to instigate a Shiv Sena versus Shiv Sena fight and divide the Marathispeaking people If the present rulers fear the opposition it is their inefficiency In a democracy no party is a permanent winner he saidThe Shiv Sena had parted ways with the BJP after the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls over the issue of sharing the chief ministerial post The Sena later tiedup with the NCP and Congress as part of the MVA to form government led by ThackerayLast month Sena MLA Eknath Shinde along with 39 other party legislators and some independents revolted against the Sena leadership leading to the collapse of the Thackerayled MLA governmentShinde was sworn in as the chief minister on June 30 and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as his deputyThackeray said people had welcomed the MVA experiment and that the threeparty alliance was born out of the BJPs denial of what was assured to himThe Shiv Sena will have a chief minister again I will work to expand the party base and cadre I will start touring the state from August I want to have maximum membership he said in the interview to Shiv Sena MP and Saamanas executive editor Sanjay RautWhat was I asking from the BJP in 2019chief ministers post for twoandhalf years and it was agreed upon The post wasnt for me I had promised Sena founder and his father Balasaheb that I will install a Shiv Sena chief minister My promise is still incomplete he saidThackeray said he had to accept the CMs post as a challengeI had to do it because the BJP denied all that was decided he claimedWithout naming present state CM Shinde Thackeray claimed when the Shiv Sena was with the BJP he Shinde would say the BJP is harming the SenaIn 2019 the BJP crossed all limits of falsehood by denying all the things that were decided and hence the MVA was born Now they Shinde and other rebels say the Congress and NCP were harming the Shiv Sena What exactly do they want They are just looking for excuses he saidHe Shinde has got the chief ministers post for himself in a very bad way Such is his lust for power that now he is comparing himself to Shiv Sena supremo late Bal Thackeray the Sena president saidUddhav Thackeray said he had asked Shinde if he wanted to become the CMI had told him lets talk to the Congress NCP Let us tell them our people dont want to continue alliance with you If you want to go with the BJP I have a few questions for that party get those answers for me But he Shinde didnt have the guts the former CM saidLook at the theatrics Earlier he Shinde would criticise the BJP and say it wants to finish off the Shiv Sena He had given his resignation as minister to me Tomorrow he may claim he is Narendra Modi and stake claim over the prime ministers post The BJP should be alert he saidUddhav Thackeray also asked the BJP to indulge in healthy politics instead of making enemiesHe defended his decision to quit as the chief minister before the trust vote last month after Shinde and other legislators revoltedEven if one of my MLAs voted against me it would have been shameful The rebels have been exposed in the Assembly Speakers election and the trust vote he saidThis 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