NEW DELHI: Senior BJP chief Anurag Thakur has mentioned the occasion’s outreach in Lok Sabha seats held by the “actual” Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde would solely strengthen the ruling alliance in Maharashtra forward of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Thakur’s remarks got here days after he visited Lok Sabha constituencies of Kalyan and Mumbai South Central, held by members of Eknath Shinde-led Sena faction Shrikant Shinde and Rahul Shewale respectively, giving the brand new alliance associate some anxious moments about their future within the normal election.
Shrikant, a two-term member from Kalyan parliamentary seat, is the son of the Maharashtra chief minister, whereas Shewale is the chief of the Shiv Sena in Lok Sabha.
Eknath Shinde led a rise up throughout the Shiv Sena in June, claiming the help of greater than 40 of the occasion’s 55 MLAs in Maharashtra, to turn out to be the chief minister with the help of the BJP.
The then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, who led the coalition authorities of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress, resigned from the publish within the face of the large-scale rise up.
Thakur’s go to to the 2 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra was a part of the BJP’s plan to strengthen the organisation in 144 parliamentary seats it misplaced within the 2019 elections.
Searching for to allay apprehensions within the Shinde camp, Thakur mentioned he would deal with strengthening the BJP within the respective constituencies and guaranteeing well timed implementation of central schemes.
“A robust BJP will profit the alliance. We may even take away shortcomings if any. We’re working to make sure that we recuperate the misplaced floor within the one-and-a-half years left for elections,” Thakur, the Union Minister for Data and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports activities, advised reporters.
He mentioned a number of central schemes equivalent to constructing bathrooms, creating sports activities infrastructure and different points of the good metropolis undertaking weren’t given due consideration throughout the Thackeray authorities.
BJP had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Shiv Sena and gained 23 out of the 25 seats the place it had fielded candidates. Shiv Sena, which had contested 23 seats, managed to win 18 seats.
After the rise up within the Shiv Sena ranks, 12 of the 18 Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra had shifted allegiance to Shinde.
Thakur’s remarks got here days after he visited Lok Sabha constituencies of Kalyan and Mumbai South Central, held by members of Eknath Shinde-led Sena faction Shrikant Shinde and Rahul Shewale respectively, giving the brand new alliance associate some anxious moments about their future within the normal election.
Shrikant, a two-term member from Kalyan parliamentary seat, is the son of the Maharashtra chief minister, whereas Shewale is the chief of the Shiv Sena in Lok Sabha.
Eknath Shinde led a rise up throughout the Shiv Sena in June, claiming the help of greater than 40 of the occasion’s 55 MLAs in Maharashtra, to turn out to be the chief minister with the help of the BJP.
The then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, who led the coalition authorities of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress, resigned from the publish within the face of the large-scale rise up.
Thakur’s go to to the 2 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra was a part of the BJP’s plan to strengthen the organisation in 144 parliamentary seats it misplaced within the 2019 elections.
Searching for to allay apprehensions within the Shinde camp, Thakur mentioned he would deal with strengthening the BJP within the respective constituencies and guaranteeing well timed implementation of central schemes.
“A robust BJP will profit the alliance. We may even take away shortcomings if any. We’re working to make sure that we recuperate the misplaced floor within the one-and-a-half years left for elections,” Thakur, the Union Minister for Data and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports activities, advised reporters.
He mentioned a number of central schemes equivalent to constructing bathrooms, creating sports activities infrastructure and different points of the good metropolis undertaking weren’t given due consideration throughout the Thackeray authorities.
BJP had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Shiv Sena and gained 23 out of the 25 seats the place it had fielded candidates. Shiv Sena, which had contested 23 seats, managed to win 18 seats.
After the rise up within the Shiv Sena ranks, 12 of the 18 Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra had shifted allegiance to Shinde.
