Updated On: 08 March, 2024 04:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Shinde Sena leader implores Amit Shah to pull up state BJP leaders for undercutting his son; Fadnavis pooh-poohs allegations

Ramdas Kadam
Even as junior NDA partners in Maharashtra are concerned about the Bharatiya Janata Party’s bid to deny them the Lok Sabha seats of their choice, a senior Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader Ramdas Kadam called out the senior ally for ‘violating the alliance dharma and breaching trust’. Kadam said while the BJP had staked its claim to some of the Sena-held Lok Sabha constituencies, a BJP minister Ravindra Chavan was trying to unsettle his MLA son Yogesh in his Dapoli Assembly segment. “Amit Shah ji should reprimand such leaders,” he said, recalling that the BJP was also responsible for his defeats in Ratnagiri district.
Kadam’s rant assumed significance in the wake of speculations that the BJP would contest more than two-thirds of 48 Lok Sabha seats (30-35), leaving very little share for the Sena (Shinde) and NCP (Ajit Pawar). Neither Shinde nor Pawar have spoken a word about it, but senior leaders from their parties have made their resentment known. Kadam was one of them.
‘Don’t breach trust’