On Dawood Ibrahim's issue, MVA government was indecisive, alleges Eknath Shinde

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde in an interview to news agency ANI said that the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi government was indecisive on issues related to Dawood Ibrahim and Mumbai riotsShinde said they had decided to take further Hindu Hriday Samrat Balasaheb Thackerays ideologyWe have decided to take our Hindu Hriday Samrat Balasaheb Thackerays Hindutva ideology his role further If 50 MLAs take such a step then there must be a big reason for it Nobody takes such a big decision for small reason Even a corporator does not take such a decision Why did 50 MLAs take such a decision There was a need to think about this Shinde told ANIShiv Sena BJP contested 2019 assembly elections together but the government was formed with Congress NCP Due to this whenever issues of Hindutva came up matters relating to Savarkar came up Mumbai blast issue came up on Dawood issue came up and other issues when these came we were unable to take a decision he addedWATCH In 2019 we contested polls with BJP but govt was formed with Congress NCP amp due to that when issues like Hindutva Savarkar Mumbai bomb blasts Dawood Ibrahim and others came we were not able to take any decision says Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde 12 pictwittercomV1A5lklmqFmdash ANI ANI July 6 2022With the new government facing cases in courts and the battle over Shiv Sena likely to reach Election Commission Shinde said they had not done anything illegal and followed the course of lawWe are not doing anything illegal In the democracy of this country there are rules laws and the constitution and one has to work in accordance with it Today we have majority we have more than twothirds of the legislative strength of Shiv Sena and hence the decision we have taken is legal and valid The Speaker has also recognised us Those who moved the court against us were pulled up We have not done anything illegal and those who did this the court will decide against them The floor test has been held Speaker has been elected the government has won the trust vote Whatever is needed to be done in democracy has been done This government has the support of 170 MLAs and it is a strong government Shinde told ANILast month Eknath Shinde launched a rebellion against the Sena Majority of MLAs sided with him which led to the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Uddhav Thackeray Shinde was sworn in as the chief minister on June 30 a day after Thackeray quit the post BJPs Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the deputy CMWith inputs from ANI