Never promised Shiv Sena Maharashtra Chief Minister's post: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reiterated that his Bharatiya Janata Party never promised to give the Maharashtras Chief Ministers post to its then ally Shiv after the 2019 Assembly electionsSlamming the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA and virtually terming Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray a liar he also disputed the Sena chiefs claims that the assurance was made to him in privateI was the BJP president then We never gave any such undertaking and we do not lie They are claiming we did it in a private room I dont do anything in private I do everything in the open in full public view Shah assertedInstead he countered Thackeray by asking why he didnt raise objections during the joint BJPSena campaign which was conducted with big photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on election posters and banners on stageThere were posters of the PM The elections were held under the leadership of Modiji and then Chief Minister Uddhav Fadnavis Uddhav was present in rallies where Modiji or I was there But at no point of time they raised the issue of the CMs post Shah arguedJustifying his contentions Shah narrated the example of Bihar where Nitish Kumar was given the CMs post although his party won lesser seats compared with the BJP in the Assembly elections last yearMaking his first direct attack on the 3party alliance of Shiv SenaNationalist Congress PartyCongress since it took power in November 2019 Shah labelled it as an autorickshaw government with each wheel going in different directionsIn his greed to grab power Uddhav Thackeray junked the late Balasaheb Thackerays ideals and principles entered into an unholy alliance and became CMThey have violated the sacred public mandate which was in favour of BJPSena They colluded to form the 3party autorickshaw government in Maharashtra which is floundering at every step Shah saidHe also recounted the Modis global trendsetting handling of the Covid19 pandemic the timely lockdown imposed in March 2020 the meticulous treatment protocols which are being studied and followed worldwide the huge strides in the countrys medical and health sectors development of the vaccines in the country which was poised to supply them to nearly twothirds of humanity etcShah also lavished praises on his party colleage and Rajya Sabha MP Narayan Rane for continuous efforts to develop Sindhudurg and assured that the BJP would not dump him under any circumstances but instead treat him with full dignityEarlier Shah inaugurated Ranes new 300bed private hospital and medical college in the presence of Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Maharashtras Leaders of Opposition Fadnavis Assembly and Pravin Darekar Council State BJP President Chandrakant Patil other dignitaries medical students and political activistsAffiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Nashik the Sindhudurg Shikshan Prasarak Mandal SSPM Medical College amp Lifetime Hospital founded by Rane has come up on a 70acre campus in Padve village in Kankavali and will give a muchneeded boost to medical facilities in the coastal Konkan regionThis 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