In LS polls, PM Modi will break all records and NDA will retain power: Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday said that in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections Prime Minister Narendra Modi will break all records and the National Democratic Alliance NDA will retain power with a thumping majorityHe was talking to reporters after attending the live screening of Pariksha Pe Charcha event addressed by PM Modi Shinde saw the programme at the municipal school in Kisan Nagar locality of the city where he had studiedAlso readEveryone has right to work for growth of ones party Shinde on Uddhavs visitStating that he was pleased to witness the Pariksha Pe Charcha programme in Thane where he grew up Shinde added that he was proud of being a civic school studentReplying to a question on the results of a recent political survey conducted by a media house on the next years Lok Sabha polls he said In the next general elections PM Modi will break all records and the NDA will return to power with a thumping majorityShinde said a survey conducted on just a handful of people does not give a true pictureThey ignored the results of the recentlyconcluded gram panchayat elections where the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena Shindeled faction and the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP performed very well he saidIn politics two plus two is not always four A survey based on just a handful of people does not give the real pictureI have got the details of how many people were surveyed I do not want to go into any figures he saidIn the twoandahalf years before he became the chief minister a government with negativity was in power Shinde said while referring to the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government led by Uddhav ThackerayBut there is a government with positivity in the state now There was dissatisfaction in the state during the previous governments rule But we launched several development works and changed the entire atmosphere in the state he saidNow even I will not be able to say as to who will join hands with whom and whose alliance will break apart But the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena and BJP have been doing good work and this is a government of the common man People have already decided whom they will vote for and we understand peoples response he saidThe survey said that the NDA government will come to power and that the popularity of PM Modi is increasing Is it any different in MaharashtraWe will be leading whenever elections are held People of the state have already made up their mind Hence those who want to enjoy the opinion poll results for the next oneandahalf years let them enjoy he saidWe are not afraid of elections Future itself will give replies to the predictions of the survey he saidDuring his visit to Thane city on Thursday Shiv Sena UBT president and former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray had alleged that the Sena and Maharashtra were defamed due to the betrayal and defections that took place a reference to Shinde and 39 MLAs bringing down the MVA governmentReplying to Thackerays remarks Shinde said We give replies through our work If you make two allegations we will carry out four works It will be our reply People are not interested in allegations and counterallegationsWhen 50 MLAs 13 MPs and several officebearers of the party across the country and even close relatives deserted them then they should have done soul searching and introspected Instead of that they are indulging in allegations I wish them all the best he saidStudents from 968 schools including 140 civic ones in Thane witnessed the Pariksha pe Charcha programme at their schools BJP MLC and partys Thane city district president Niranjan Davkhare said in a releaseThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever