Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray has passively snubbed Congress, the party’s ally, by refusing to contest in the West Bengal elections. This was issued as a statement by the party spokesperson and MP Sanjay Raut. It is to be noted that the Shiv Sena had contested in the 2016 elections in 21 seats, but hardly even recovered their deposits.
On January 17, Shiv Sena had announced that it would contest the West Bengal polls. Raut had then tweeted that the “Shiv Sena is reaching Kolkata soon”.
Describing the TMC supremo as the ‘real Bengal tigress’, Raut conveyed his party’s best wishes to her. In lieu of the announcement of the withdrawal, Raut took to Twitter and tweeted that at the moment, it appears to be a “Didi vs All fight.”
“All ‘M’s – Money, Muscle and Media are being used against ‘M’amata Didi. Hence, Shiv Sena has decided not to contest West Bengal polls and stand in solidarity with her. We wish Mamata Didi a ‘roaring’ success, ‘cos we believe She is the real Bengal Tigress,” he further said.
Meanwhile, the Bihar opposition leader told reporters, “Our alliance with the Left and Congress is only in Bihar. It is our duty to strengthen Mamata Didi‘s hands here and fight the BJP.”
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