Inflict deeper wound on Sena in home ground; show Uddhav his place: Amit Shah

Sounding the bugle for Mumbai civic body polls Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Monday asked party leaders and workers to inflict a deeper wound on Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena on its home turfShah slammed Thackeray saying he compromised on everything to become the chief minister with the support of Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCP and Congress despite seeking votes in the 2019 polls in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJPs Devendra FadnavisThe Shiv Sena has been ruling the Mumbai civic body for almost 30 years Currently the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC is run by an administrator as the fiveyear term of the civic body had ended and elections are awaitedIf you hit a person at any place it does hurt When you hit a person on his home ground the pain is deeper Now it is the time to inflict a deeper wound to Sena Shah told a meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leaders and select functionaries here after visiting Lalbaug cha Raja and other popular pandals of Lord Ganesh in the cityShah is on a twoday visit to the capital of Maharashtra during the ongoing Ganpati festivalThe BJP has launched an aggressive campaign to wrest the BMC the richest civic body with an annual budget of Rs 45000 crore from the Uddhav Thackerayled partyShah also stressed ousting the Shiv Sena with the help of Chief Minister Eknath Shindeled camp which rebelled against Thackeray in June this yearAlso Read Hardcore Shiv Sainiks will fight back from current situation says UddhavI am asking all of you Unless BJP gains the control of Mumbai you cannot win Maharashtra The real Shiv Sena has come with us and now is the time to show Uddhav Thackeray his place he saidComing down heavily on Thackeray and his partys decision to join hands with the NCP and Congress after the 2019 Assembly elections Shah saidHe said you sought votes in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the work done by then CM Devendra Fadnavis But you got greedy and sat with Sharad Pawar You Sena have spent your entire life opposing the NCP but to become a chief minister you compromised on everythingHe said one can tolerate injustice in politics but not treacheryThey Sena should be punished for their deeds and give up on their principles It is now time to show them their placeiquest said Shah often called the alterego of PM ModiThe Shiv Sena and the BJP had fought the BMC elections in 2017 separately despite being alliance partners in the then Fadnavisled governmentThe BJP had made giant strides by winning 82 of the total 227 seats in the BMC just two short of Senas 84The Shiv Sena fell out with its traditional saffron ally after the 2019 state Assembly elections claiming that the BJP leadership had reneged on its promise to share the post of chief minister on rotation between the two partiesThe BJP had denied that it had made any such promiseThe relations between the saffron allies became bitter especially after Thackeray sided with NCP and Congress to become the CM of the Maha Vikas Aghadi governmentIn June this year Eknath Shinde and 39 MLAs of Shiv Sena rebelled against Thackeray Shinde became the chief minister with the support of the BJP Fadnavis is the Deputy CM in the Shindeled governmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever