Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted in Nashik that the MahaYuti government will come back to power while asking the BJP functionaries to work in close coordination and unity with allies Shiv Sena and NCP and also bring the workers of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) into the party fold.
On his second-day visit to Maharashtra, Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the interactive meetings with the party functionaries in Nashik and Kolhapur. He encouraged them to demolish the opposition’s fake narratives as the country focused on the upcoming state Assembly election.
On Tuesday, the Home Minister addressed the meetings at Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and warned that the party will not tolerate rebellion, factionalism and dissent after announcing the party nominations. At the meeting in Nashik, HM Amit Shah reiterated that the MahaYuti, comprising BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP, will contest the state Assembly election with full strength and with the sole objective of retaining power in Maharashtra.
“BJP is in power in 16 states with more seats than all others put together. BJP will come back to power with full majority in the coming assembly election,” he said. The senior BJP leader also added that India is on the way to becoming the third-largest economy in the world, adding that the opposition only wants to play politics.
“The Assembly election is quite crucial as it will change the face of Maharashtra. It is an ideological battle,” he said while asking the party functionaries to work hard for MahaYuti’s victory. “Once we win the election, we will cross 300 seats again in 2029,” HM Shah said.
Home Minister Amit Shah urged the party functionaries in Nashik to fight the assembly election with a resolve for a victory, thereby erasing the failure of winning fewer seats in the Lok Sabha elections. “An attempt is being made to break your confidence but neglect that to fight with full strength,” he said. The Home Minister took a dig at the opposition, saying that some contest elections to become Prime Minister or Chief Minister. However, he said that the BJP is contesting elections to build India. “Did anyone think that Article 370 will be abolished? Did anyone think that Ram Mandir will be built,” Shah said.
He further noted that it was possible as the BJP was in power at the Centre. He said the Waqf Board Act will be passed in the winter session. He strongly defended the Center’s policies to curb terrorism and naxal activities in the country, saying that Maoists and terrorists are counting their days. “There were attacks from terrorists and Pakistan. If anyone tampers with the border of the country, they will be beaten by entering their homes,” the Home Minister said. On Tuesday, the Home Minister had set an ambitious target of winning 45 of the total 62 seats in Vidarbha and 30 of the total 46 seats in Marathwada by MahaYuti in the Assembly election.
He asked the party functionaries to focus on increasing the voting by 10 per cent, especially by stepping up outreach with voters up to the booth level. Meanwhile, the Home Minister on Tuesday met the Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief leader Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and NCP national president and DCM Ajit Pawar at Sambhajinagar and discussed the MahaYuti’s seat-sharing arrangement for the assembly election. Shinde declined to divulge further details but said that the MahaYuti’s seat sharing will be announced soon.
–IANS
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