Maha: Aaditya Thackeray predicts mid-term polls, says Shinde govt will collapse

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday claimed that the Eknath Shindeled government will soon collapse and Maharashtra will have midterm electionsSpeaking before a gathering of party workers here on the third day of his Shiv Samvad Yatra an outreach campaign he also said the rebel Sena legislators betrayed his father then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray when he was unwellPaithan is the Assembly constituency of Sena MLA and former minister Sandipan Bhumre who has joined the rebel Shiv Sena faction led by chief minister ShindeMark my words this government will soon collapse and Maharashtra will have to face midterm polls said Aaditya a former minister himselfAlso Read Maharashtra government transfers phone tapping case probe to CBIRubbishing Bhumres claim that Sena ministers in the previous SenaNCPCongress government did not get funds Aaditya Thackeray said Paithan region got the first scheme under the Marathwada watergrid projectBhumre was given Assembly ticket five times When I thought of everything we have done for these people tears came to my eyes But this is not the time to cry this is the time to fight he saidThe state faced rain fury in the last fortnight and many lives were lost but the government is being run by only two people Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis the Sena leader saidHe called the 40 rebel MLAs as traitors who conspired to split the Shiv Sena when his father was unwell and leading the fight against the coronavirus pandemicLater in the day Aaditya also spoke at a rally at Nevasa in Ahmednagar district where he praised Shankarrao Gadakh a Sena ally and MLA of Krantikari Shetkari PakshIf you have friends they should be like Gadakh Your own people on the other hand betray you and turn traitors he said speaking even as it rained heavilyGadakh was firm on his decision to stay with Uddhavji and kept his commitment even after the government was toppled While working in the governmentUddhavjis only mistake was that he couldnt indulge in politicking He did not snoop on his MLAs and MPs We will continue to commit this mistake because if we cant trust Shiv Sena workers who do we trust he saidAaditya also said that the rebel Sena MLAs who have been forced to revolt were welcome to return to the Uddhav Thackerayled party if they wished soThis 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