Sanjay Raut stated Sena’s Ramesh Prabhu gained a bypoll to Vile Parle Meeting seat in 1987-88
New Delhi:
Stepping up his get together’s assault on the BJP, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut at the moment stated the Sena was the primary get together within the nation to contest an election on “Hindutva” plank and that it was after its win that the BJP approached Bal Thackeray for an alliance.
Chatting with reporters, Mr Raut stated Sena’s Ramesh Prabhu had contested and gained a bypoll to the Vile Parle Meeting seat in Mumbai in 1987-88 and retained it in 1990.
It was the primary time Hindutva was talked about in electoral politics within the nation, including that the Congress and BJP had additionally contested the election.
“It’s after this victory that the BJP approached Shiv Sena for an alliance on Hindutva which Balasaheb (Thackeray) agreed to as he did not need a division of Hindu votes. Modern BJP leaders are unaware of this historical past,” Mr Raut stated in a veiled dig at Chief of the Opposition Devendra Fadnavis.
The remarks come amid a disagreement between the estranged allies, beginning with get together chief and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s speech on get together founder Bal Thackeray’s 96th beginning anniversary Sunday.
Asserting the get together’s plans to increase its nationwide footprint, Mr Thackeray stated the BJP makes use of “Hindutva” for political comfort and that the Sena’s 25 years within the alliance had been wasted.
In a scathing response, Mr Fadnavis stated, “Shiv Sena has selective reminiscence. The Shiv Sena was not even born when BJP had its members within the Mumbai civic physique. Within the 1984 election, their get together candidate contested on a BJP ticket.”
“The place had been you within the Ram Janmabhoomi marketing campaign? We took the bullets and the lathis,” the previous Chief Minister added.
Mr Raut alleged that the BJP has sidelined relations of its veterans like late Pramod Mahajan, Gopinath Munde and Manohar Parrikar who helped construct the get together organisation in Maharashtra and Goa.
Requested about Mr Thackeray’s remarks that Sena ought to “seize” Delhi, Mr Raut clarified that he meant defeating BJP on the nationwide degree. “The nation is supreme and Delhi, which is the nationwide capital, shouldn’t be dominated by one or two folks,” he stated.
The BJP and Sena parted methods after the 2019 Maharashtra elections following a disagreement over an influence sharing formulation. The Sena ultimately tied up with the NCP and the Congress to kind a coalition authorities.
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