Shinde Slams Uddhav, Says No Difference Between Shiv Sena (UBT) and AIMIM

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said Lok Sabha poll success of Maha Vikas Aghi (MVA) was like a flash in pan which won't be replicated in upcoming assembly polls.

Shinde Slams Uddhav

dressing Dussehra rally of Shiv Sena at Az Maidan ground in south Mumbai, Shinde likened Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) with Asuddin Owaisi -led AIMIM, suggesting Muslim appeasement politics.

"Maha Vikas Aghhi's Lok Sabha poll success in Maharashtra was accidental, not permanent. Shiv Sena won 7 seats in a direct fight against Sena (UBT) in Lok Sabha elections, restricting m to six constituencies. This success shows we are real Shiv Sena," Shinde ded.

Recalling his rebellion against Uddhav Thackeray's leership in June 2022, Shinde said he freed real Shiv Sena from clutches of those who betrayed Balasaheb Thackeray's ideals. 

Uddhav on RSS

RSS should think wher today's "hybrid BJP " is acceptable to it, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday, dressing his party's annual Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park here.

Targeting his former ally ahe of assembly elections in Maharashtra , Thackeray said BJP should be ashamed of calling itself "Bharatiya." He also compared it to Kauravas, accusing it of showing arrogance.

He also promised to build temples of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in every district of state after coming to power.

He parted ways with BJP in 2019 as he did not believe in its version of Hindutva, but he never abandoned his far Balasaheb Thackeray's ideology, former chief minister said.