23-Nov-2024 10:09 PM
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Mumbai, Nov 23 (Reporter) Reacting on the poor performance of his party and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) president and ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday that it seems like a tsunami swept aside the MVA but felt that there is some ‘gadbad’ (amiss).
“It was not just a wave, but a tsunami… This was beyond all expectations… Some say it is the victory of the EVMs… Maybe. But if it is also acceptable to the masses, then we have nothing to add,” he told mediapersons.
“There are many doubts… Why the people have voted so heavily for MahaYuti. What was their sudden love for them? Large number of women, farmers and youth attended our rallies for their concerns compared with the emptiness in the MahaYuti’s public meetings,” he said.
Thackeray admitted that it was indeed a bolt for the Congress-NCP (SP)-Shiv Sena (UBT) alliance, yet expressed his gratitude for all the people who voted for the MVA candidates.
On the impact of the ‘Ladi Bahin’ dole, the Sena (UBT) supremo said that even more than that, women were worried about insecurity, high inflation, anger among farmers and unemployment hitting the youth.
“What was the great work done by the MahaYuti in the past two-and-half years that it got such a landslide? Our demand is that the ‘Ladki Bahin’ scheme which was suspended by the Election Commission of India during elections must be immediately restarted as per the promise of Rs 2,100,” said Thackeray...////...