'Fake news being spread of Uddhav Thackeray aide joining CM Shinde's outfit'

Ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra legislative council Ambadas Danve has dismissed reports claiming that Milind Narvekar a close associate of Uddhav Thackeray would switch over to the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reported news agency PTISome media reports claimed Shinde has offered Narvekar the candidature for Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency where the Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT has nominated sitting MP Arvind SawantThis is completely fake news I spoke to Milind Narvekar regarding Uddhavjis tour of Vidarbha and Marathwada and he is there with Uddhavji throughout Danve who belongs to the Sena UBT said on Sunday reported PTIOpponents have planted this fake news he saidThe Lok Sabha elections 2024 in all the six Lok Sabha constituencies in Mumbai will be held on May 20Meanwhile Shiv Sena UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday claimed the opposition INDIA alliance will win more than 300 seats in the Lok Sabha elections 2024Addressing a rally in Buldhana for Shiv Sena UBT nominee Narendra Khedekar Thackeray said the ruling party BJP will be taught a lesson by the people for calling his party nakli Shiv Sena reported PTIKhedekar is pitted against Pratap Jadhav who belongs to the Shiv Sena headed by Chief Minister Eknath ShindeThackeray targeted the BJPled Central government over the GST regime and agricultural policiesHe said farmers are paying an 18 per cent GST on fertilisersThis translates into the payment of Rs 18000 GST for fertilisers worth Rs 1 lakh whereas under the Namo Sanman Yojana farmers get financial assistance of Rs 6000 he saidThackeray said the BJP claims to have finished him politically but still targets him every dayYou call my party nakli duplicate Shiv Sena but this same Sena will show you its real strength Is my Shiv Sena like your degree that you call nakli The people will show you your place he added reported PTINotably Prime Minister Narendra Modi had dubbed the Uddhav Thackerayled party a nakli Shiv SenaThackeray alleged the Election Commission snatched the name Shiv Sena and symbol bow and arrow from him and handed it to traitors an apparent reference to Shiv Sena headed by Eknath Shinde reported PTINow the poll panel has asked us not to say Jai BhavaniAccording to Thackeray he has received a notice from the Election Commission of India ECI to remove the words Jai Bhavani and Hindu from his partys new anthem but he wont abide by it reported PTIDemocracy is still alive and Maha Vikas Aghadi is capable of protecting it The INDIA bloc will win more than 300 seats as per the inputs we are getting But the fight is not easy We have to defeat dictatorship and you should ensure your vote doesnt go to waste the former chief minister added reported PTIThe MVA comprises Shiv Sena UBT NCP Sharadchandra Pawar and CongressThackeray also alleged the BJP treats turncoats who join that party depending on the scale of the scam they have committedThose people whom the BJP accused of being involved in a Rs 70000 crore scam have been given the keys of the state treasury he said reported PTIPM Modi had accused NCP leader Praful Patel of having links with drug smuggler Iqbal Mirchi but he is now given a clean chit in the Air India case Thackeray saidPatel a former Civil Aviation Minister sided with Ajit Pawar after he split the NCP last yearNow Modi is happy to be close to him Patel What is your real face Modi ji Thackeray askedWith inputs from PTI