Elections can happen any time, we are prepared: Uddhav Thackeray

With the Uddhav Thackeray factions plea challenging last years change of guard in Maharashtra pending arbitration in the Supreme Court the former Maharashtra chief minister on Sunday said elections can happen any time and they were preparedAddressing a public meeting in Jalgaon on Sunday Uddhav who now heads the Shiv Sena UBT said Elections in Maharashtra can happen at any time and we are prepared The matter is in Supreme Court and we are hopeful that the eventual verdict will be in our favour After that anything can happen any timeThe rift in undivided Shiv Sena led to present Chief Minister Eknath Shinde forming a breakaway front with over 40 loyalistsAfter camping in a hotel in BJPruled Assam over days the breakaway camp eventually joined hands with the BJP to bring about the demise of the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA an alliance of Congress NCP and the Shiv Sena government in MaharashtraThe BJP and the rival Sena camp later formed the government and Eknath Shinde took oath as the chief minister with former CM Devendra Fadnavis taking over as his deputyAlso Read Unfortunate that Pakistans certificate needed to decide whom real Shiv Sena belongs to CM Eknath Shinde taunts Uddhav ThackerayWhile the Election Commission EC earlier this year decided to allot the official bow and arrow symbol of the Shiv Sena to the Shinde camp along with the original party name the plea by the Uddhav camp challenging the change of guard and reallotment of the party symbol is still sub judice at the apex courtUddhav claimed he did not allow injustice to any religion during his term in officeToday the Maha Vikas Aghadi has completed three years of its existence They BJP and the Shinde camp accuse me of abandoning Hindutva but the truth is that I did not allow injustice to any religion bearing true allegiance to the oath of office that I took All places of worship were closed during the Covid19 pandemic without any discrimination he saidUddhav also dared the BJPs state unit to declare that it would contest the next Maharashtra elections under the leadership of Eknath ShindeHitting out at the Shinde camp Uddhav said You do not have any ideal of your own and neither do you have any leader So you steal others ideals and the names of someones father and mother to contest elections I challenged the BJP earlier and will do so again I dare them to declare that they will contest the coming elections under the leadership of Eknath Shinde he saidThis 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