Maharashtra had elections in 2019 at 288 seats, where the BJP emerged the largest party and won 105 seats, but lacked a majority mark of 145 seats, to form the government. Then coalition was bound to happen, BJP allied with a small faction of NCP headed by Ajit Pawar, later the coalition broke. And Maharashtra Politics saw a drastic change when Shiv Sena allied with INC and NCP to form the government, betraying it's long time ally BJP. Since then a cold war between BJP and Shiv Sena is on. Amit Shah while addressing BJP volunteers at Pune launched a fresh attack on the Shiv Sena for being power hungry, post 2019 polls.
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1. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attacked Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, and said that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made it clear that Devendra Fadnavis of BJP will become CM of Maharashtra after the 2019 polls. "In the presence of PM Modi and myself, you were told that the polls were contested under the leadership of Devendra Fadnavis and that Fadnavis will become a CM again. But you wanted to become a CM so you betrayed us (BJP) and went on to become the chief minister (of Maharashtra)," Shah further said.
2. He also referred to the allies of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of Maharashtra as, Congress a "dealer", Shiv Sena a "broker" and said NCP is associated with "transfers".
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3. On getting betrayed and acquiring soft Hindutva HM said, "I had held a dialogue with Shiv Sena then. I would like to reiterate today that (the Sena leadership was told that) the elections would be contested under the leadership of Devendra Fadanvis and that the CM would be from BJP, but they (Sena) reneged and compromised on Hindutva for power." He further added, "Shiv Sena compromised on Hindutva for power. Two generations (of Sena) fought against a party (Congress) and now they are sharing power with the same party. Sena betrayed BJP just for power."
4. Amit Shah, in Pune also said, Shiv Sena accuses him of lying. "Okay, for a moment, I accept (that I was lying) but remember the banners that used to be put up during the poll campaign. Check the size of your photograph and that of Modiji's. The size of your photo was one-fourth of Modiji's photo.
5. Standing in Pune Shah made a jibe at Thackrey and said, Pun is the land of Bal Gangadhar Tilak who had given a slogan that 'Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it,' but Shiv Sena says "satta (power) is my birthright and I shall have it anyhow".
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6. He further praised the central government in contrast to the years of Congress government and said, "During the Congress regime, several vaccines, including for polio, were invented but they never reached people, forget about their administration. On the contrary, we are now on the verge of completing the vaccination of all people under PM Modiji."
