Fadnavis to target CM, Sena in Goregaon rally
MUMBAI: After chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s public rally on Saturday, leader of the opposition and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is holding a rally in Goregaon on Sunday and is expected to hit back at Thackeray and Shiv Sena. The rally, which is seen as one more in the run-up to the local body polls, may witness sharp criticism of the corruption in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ruled by Sena for more than two decades, and action taken against the people who stood up against the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA).
The rally which has been organised by the north Indian cell of the party is aiming to galvanise the north Indian voters, especially in the western suburbs of the city. The party has stated that the rally is to celebrate their victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assembly polls and to facilitate Fadnavis for his active role in the victory in the Goa Assembly polls.
“Fadnavis addressed ‘booster dose rally’ on May 1 at Somaiya ground in Mumbai to charge up the party cadre and booth level workers ahead of the local body polls. This is his second political rally in the gap of just two weeks and immediately after Thackeray’s rally. He would not miss the opportunity to give it back to Thackeray and Shiv Sena especially when Sena is likely to target us mainly. Fadnavis is expected to attack Sena, our main enemy now in the BMC elections, over corruption in the civic body and also on the Hindutva agenda,” said a BJP leader.
The leader said that the rally is important as it has been organised to keep the momentum going among the north Indian voters in Mumbai after the recent victories in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. He said that north Indians account for 20% of the population in Mumbai and they en masse vote for the BJP.