Crowd at Eknath Shinde's rally showed which is real Shiv Sena: Devendra Fadnavis

The huge crowd at Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shindes Dussehra rally in Mumbai showed who leads the real Shiv Sena Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on ThursdayHe also dubbed the other rally held by Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday as Shimga a pejorative term used to describe abusive rhetoricHe himself did not listen to the speeches of both Thackeray and Shinde when they were underway the BJP leader saidHe was busy with the Dhammachara Pravartan Din celebration in Nagpur but got the gist of the two speeches and listened to Shindes speech on YouTube later Fadnavis saidI will not give any reaction on Uddhav Thackerays speech No need to give reaction on Shimga he told reportersAlso read Whoever becomes my heir will be my son tweets CM Shinde in dig at ThackeraysThe Shimga celebration in parts of Maharashtra ahead of the Holi festival involves lighting of bonfires but revellers using cuss words or obscene language in a lighthearted way was also customary during the festival onceThere was nothing in the speech except Shimga Fadnavis saidThere was a huge gathering at the BKC ground whose capacity is the double of that of Shivaji Park where Thackeray spoke and the BKC ground was filled to the brim Shiv Sainiks proved that Shindes Sena is the real Shiv Sena and that is why I would like to congratulate him the BJP leader further saidOn oppositions jibe that Shinde who rebelled against Thackerays leadership in June this year and broke away to form a new government read out the BJPs script at the rally Fadnavis said those who say this should find a new writerHow many times you will say the same thing Ask your writer to use creativity or get a new writer he saidFadnavis a former chief minister parried a question about Thackerays assertion that he was ready to swear on his parents that the BJP had promised the CMs post to the Shiv Sena for half the term before the 2019 electionsHe had already given his reaction Fadnavis saidThe reason for the split in the Shiv Sena was that Thackeray put Shiv Senas ideology aside and accepted the NCP and Congresss ideology and sat beside people who had connections with the Mumbai blasts and those who abuse freedom fighter V D Savarkar he saidI should congratulate Shinde as he talked about development He talked about what we are doing and he talked about what we are planning to do This was missing when Uddhav Thackeray was CM He always spoke like a party chief Fadnavis saidThis 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