Updated On: 14 July, 2023 07:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Deputy CM performs delicate balancing act, says NCP alliance is purely political, but could grow into a bond in the future

Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis at the Mahavijay-2024 Workshop in Bhiwandi on Thursday
Seeking to dispel doubts in the BJP camp and smoothen ruffled feathers of new and old allies, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that the bond his party shared with the Shiv Sena (Shinde) was more an emotional kind, whereas the pact it had with the NCP was purely political, but it could become an emotional one in the next 10-15 years.
Speaking at the Mahavijay-2024 Workshop in Bhiwandi on Thursday, Fadnavis appealed to BJP workers to help the new friends win their seats next year while achieving the party’s individual target of 152 seats in the Assembly. But before that the party will have to ensure victory in as many Lok Sabha seats to give PM Narendra Modi a big push to return to power in New Delhi for the third consecutive term, he said.