Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar has lashed out on the get together’s Uddhav Thackeray-led faction after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), of which the latter is a component, scored a majority within the state within the Lok Sabha elections. Kesarkar stated “fatwas” had helped the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) win seats in Mumbai.
In keeping with him, Muslim voters had been satisfied that Uddhav Thackeray had “forsaken” the Hindutva ideology of get together founder Bal Thackeray, and that’s the reason they got here collectively to help the Shiv Sena (UBT), PTI reported.
If the minority vote had been deducted, he stated, each Shiv Sena (UBT) “candidate would have been defeated by over 1-1.5 lakh votes”.
The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has gained seven of the 15 parliamentary seats it contested in Maharashtra. In the meantime, of the six Lok Sabha seats within the Mumbai area, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) gained three, whereas the Congress, the BJP and the Shiv Sena acquired one every. The opposition MVA, comprising the Congress, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Nationalist Congress Get together (Sharadchandra Pawar), gained 30 of the state’s 48 seats, whereas the BJP-led NDA fell wanting its 45-plus goal, bagging 17 seats.
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Kesarkar claimed that, over the previous two days for the reason that outcomes had been declared, the Shiv Sena (UBT) had been portray a unique image in Maharashtra, that Marathi voters weren’t supporting the Shiv Sena.
Shiv Sena secured the help of each Mumbaikars and Marathi voters, he claimed.
Kesarkar additionally alleged that “a conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan to undermine Prime Minister Narendra Modi”.
“Two ministers in Pakistan advocated for Modi’s defeat and, regrettably, some people right here paid heed to their calls,” he claimed, as reported by PTI.
Kesarkar additionally stated Dalits had been misled by the Opposition by falsely claiming that the Structure can be modified.
He added that the Maratha reservation motion sparked debates on the Maratha versus OBC dynamics, which influenced the election outcomes in sure areas. He stated this led to the defeat of key leaders of the ruling Mahayuti alliance, warranting additional evaluation.
The Mahayuti coalition gained just one seat within the Marathwada area, the centre of the Maratha agitation. Mahayuti companions included Bharatiya Janata Get together, Shiv Sena, and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Get together (NCP).