Maharashtra head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chandrasekhar Bawankule claimed that Uddhav Thackeray's criticism of the 'Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana' comes from his concern about losing the impending Maharashtra assembly election. Bawankule made these remarks during a press conference at the BJP state headquarters on Monday, which was attended by BJP Mahila Morcha State President Chitra Wagh, BJP state general secretary Madhavi Naik, and numerous other party leaders.

"Seeing the huge popularity of Mahayuti Sarkar's 'Mukhyamantri Ladki Bahin Yojana', Uddhav Thackeray has started to fear defeat in the assembly elections. And that is exactly why they are criticising this plan and trying to make a joke around it," Chandrashekhar Bawankule said.