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Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday claimed that the Eknath Shinde-led government will fall soon and there will be mid-term elections in Maharashtra.
Addressing a gathering of party workers on the third day during the ‘Shiv Samvad Yatra’ campaign, he also said that the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs betrayed his father, then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, when he was unwell.
Paithan is the assembly constituency of Shiv Sena MLA and former minister Sandipan Bhumre, who has joined the rebel Shiv Sena faction led by Chief Minister Shinde.
Government will fall soon: Aaditya Thackeray
Former minister Aaditya Thackeray said, “Heed my words… this government will fall soon and Maharashtra will face mid-term elections.”
Today Paithan Assembly Votersanghat Sabha Ghetli. There would be a tremendous number of Shiv Sainiks present. Asech love, blessings yapudhehi sobat raheel, ha faith gheunach aamchi pathkramana start ahe! pic.twitter.com/8pI7Cunweq
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) July 23, 2022
Aaditya Thackeray also rubbished Bhumre’s claim that Shiv Sena ministers did not get funds in the previous Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress-led government. He said that the Paithan region got the first scheme under the Marathwada Water-Grid Project.
He said, Bhumre was given assembly ticket five times. Tears welled up in my eyes when I thought of what I have done for these people. But this is not the time to cry, this is the time to fight.
‘Government run by two people’
The Shiv Sena leader said that the state had to face rain in the last fortnight and many people lost their lives but the government is being run by only two people (Eknath Shind and Devendra Fadnavis).
Told rebel MLAs ‘traitors’
He called the forty rebel MLAs “traitors” who conspired to divide the Shiv Sena when their father was unwell and leading the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Shiv Sena MLA praised
Later, at a rally in Nevasa in Ahmednagar district, Aaditya Thackeray praised Shiv Sena ally and MLA Shankarrao Gadakh. He said that if you have friends, they should be like Gadakh. Your own people betray you and become traitors.
He further said, “Gadakh was firm on his decision to be with Uddhav ji and remained firm on his commitment even after the fall of the government.
