Uddhav Thackeray's style of functioning responsible for split in Sena: Fadnavis

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has hit out at former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray saying that his style of functioning was responsible for the split in the Shiv SenaHe also admitted that believing senior Nationalist Congress Party NCP leader Ajit Pawar was his biggest political blunder and added that in order to take revenge for the backstabbing it was important that one lives longAfter the 2019 Assembly election results Fadnavis and Pawar had taken oath as the state chief minister and deputy CM respectively at a hush hush ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan in November that year However their government lasted only nearly 80 hours after Pawar quitSpeaking at a TV news channels event on Saturday Fadnavis said only Uddhav Thackeray has to be blamed for the recent political turmoil in the state and it was his style of working that led to the split in the Shiv SenaThe Uddhav Thackerayled Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government comprising Shiv Sena NCP and Congress collapsed in the last week of June this year after Sena MLA Eknath Shinde along with 39 other legislators revolted against the party leadership Shinde was on June 30 sworn in as the chief minister while Fadnavis took oath as his deputyOnly Uddhav Thackeray is responsible for the political debacle and crisis in Maharashtra His working style is responsible for the Shiva Senas split Around 3040 MLAs left the MVA alliance and he had no idea about it Fadnavis saidUddhav ji used to say in his speeches You can try to bring down my government I said One day your government will come down and you wont even realise it And that is exactly what happened the senior Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader addedThe BJP and Sena had contested the 2019 Assembly polls together However the Sena parted ways with the BJP following differences over sharing the chief ministers post The Thackerayled party then joined hands with the NCP and Congress to form the MVA governmentAlso Read Resign and Face elections Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray tells Shinde campUddhav Thackeray made a mockery of the mandate When we fought in alliance at every gathering Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah said the CM will be from the BJP Uddhav ji was also on stage and clapped But when aspirations exceed capabilities people make decisions Fadnavis saidWe had earlier fought under Sena founder Balasaheb Thackerays leadership for Hindutva and today they are calling Balasaheb janab Balasaheb Thackeray publishing a calendar in Urdu This type of appeasement was never done by the Shiv Sena he addedFadnavis has been targeting the Sena claiming that one of its party workers had printed a calendar in Urdu in which Bal Thackeray was addressed as janabThe BJP leader however added that Thackeray might be his political opponent but they were not enemiesI can talk to Uddhav Thackeray even now but it may be a nonpolitical conversation All things should not be viewed from a political angle only he saidThe former chief minister also trashed rumours of conspiracy at being given the deputy CMs postMy focus is Maharashtra not DelhiiquestI believe that only the Opposition tried to cut me to size My party and leaders were behind me Its all conspiracy theory he saidFadnavis said that believing Ajit Pawar was his biggest political blunderWhen such things happen it is important that you live long enough to take revenge for such political backstabbing he saidTo a question about the BJP being accused of dividing the nation he said his party dreams of a united IndiaThis 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