Insurgent Shiv Sena chief Rahul Shewale on Thursday mentioned Uddhav Thackeray was not a “winnable” face for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and it was crucial for them to tie up with the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP).
The problem of management for the following Lok Sabha polls got here up throughout a number of conferences the now-rebel leaders had with Thackeray within the run-up to a cut up within the Shiv Sena, Shewale, who was named because the chief of the occasion within the Decrease Home of Parliament on Tuesday, instructed PTI.
“I raised the problem of management for the Lok Sabha election throughout a gathering with Thackeray. Sanjay Raut, who was additionally current, gestured in direction of Thackeray because the face for the election. I instructed him that we respect Thackeray however we now have to be sensible. He can't be the face for the Lok Sabha polls,” he mentioned. Shewale mentioned the Shiv Sena’s alliance with the Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP) and the Congress had additional sophisticated issues because the events have been rivals in a number of constituencies.
“Moreover, the UPA would contest elections underneath the management of Rahul Gandhi, which won't be acceptable for our cadre,” Shewale mentioned. Shewale and 11 different Lok Sabha members have shifted their allegiance to Sena insurgent Eknath Shinde, who was appointed the Maharashtra chief minister on June 30, after Thackeray give up the put up attributable to a large-scale revolt within the Shiv Sena ranks.
Shewale insisted that a lot of Sena leaders have been in favour of an alliance with the BJP and eager to contest the following Lok Sabha polls underneath the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He mentioned Shiv Sena leaders started to really feel insecure throughout the occasion when the management supplied key Lok Sabha constituencies to the NCP throughout discussions for the final election.
“Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil, who misplaced to the NCP’s Amol Kolhe from Shirur, was requested to shift to the Pune Lok Sabha seat, whereas the Maval seat, received by the Sena’s Shrirang Appa Barne, was supplied to Parth Pawar, the son of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar,” Shewale mentioned. He reiterated the claims that Thackeray was eager on reviving the Shiv Sena-BJP coalition and had mentioned the problem with Prime Minister Modi throughout his go to to Delhi in June final yr.
Shewale didn't rule out a patch up between the 2 rival factions of the Shiv Sena ought to some incident, such because the Balakot airstrikes, takes place sooner or later, which may result in an upsurge of nationalism. “There was additionally a proposal of Thackeray main the occasion and Shinde because the chief of the federal government. Nevertheless it didn't work out,” he mentioned.
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