Against the Haryana Assembly polls verdict, opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ally Shiv Sena (UBT) took a dig at the Congress and a swipe at the ruling MahaYuti for their respective stance and comments on the impending Maharashtra Assembly elections on Wednesday.
Wagging a finger at the ally Congress, SS(UBT) MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut said, "Nobody should consider themselves as the 'Big Brother' in the MVA, and urged the need to treat all as equals in the group comprising Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (SP).
Thumbing the nose at MahaYuti Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Raut reminded him that in Maharashtra, there is the strong MVA, which will confront the ruling alliance of Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party-Nationalist Congress Party in the state polls.
"The MVA is strong and united, it will go to elections together. Shinde must not forget this… Haryana results are limited to that state, Maharashtra is different and won't be impacted," said Raut.
Last night, CM Shinde said that casteism lost and development was victorious with the BJP's Haryana hat-trick that shattered the dreams of the opponents there.
The people of Maharashtra will also not fall into the trap of such fake narratives and this development journey of the double-engine government will continue here as well, we are fully confident, declared CM Shinde, late Tuesday night.
Doling out some advice to the Congress, Raut said that wherever that party is weak, it needs support from local parties, but it should learn to accommodate them as much as possible, unlike in Haryana.
"Otherwise the repercussions are there, witness what happened in Haryana, where the Congress fell just nine seats short and lost," said Raut, without taking names, but hinting at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for gnawing into the Congress votes there.
The SS (UBT) leader cautioned that it is for the Congress to take a call but if it tries to contest solo everywhere, other parties can follow suit, and "the Haryana lesson is there for all" to learn.
He said the over confident Congress leaders in Haryana felt they could win on their own strength and did not require anyone else's support, but in the final tally, the BJP won a lost battle when the Congress was on the verge of winning.
Training guns at the BJP, Raut contended that though both Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir have their own relevance, "Jammu & Kashmir was most important for the saffron party", as it lost in the crucial border-state from where Article 370 was scrapped.
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