MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday positioned a full-page commercial in lots of newspapers titled ‘Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra’, quoting a survey the place Shinde is proven as extra most popular for the highest submit than BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis. The advert prompted Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut to name the get together ‘Modi-Shah’s Shiv Sena’.
The commercial carries Sena’s bow-and-arrow image and pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Shinde. It has no picture or photograph of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going by its earlier publicity supplies. “For the chief minister’s position, 26.1 per cent of the people in Maharashtra desire Eknath Shinde and 23.2 per cent of the people wish to see Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister,” reads the commercial.
Thus, it’s plain proof that 49.3 per cent of the folks in Maharashtra want to see a powerful alliance between BJP and Shiv Sena for his or her state’s management, it stated. The figures and claims within the commercial have been attributed to a Zee TV-Matrize survey. “According to the election surveys, 30.2 per cent of citizens of Maharashtra prefer Bharatiya Janata Party, while 16.2 per cent of citizens prefer the Shiv Sena (led by Eknath Shinde). These numbers show that a total of 46.4 per cent people of Maharashtra trust the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena alliance for the development of the state,” the commercial stated.
Responding to the commercial, Sanjay Raut of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) stated, “It was Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena earlier, but the advertisement has cleared the air. It has now become Modi-Shah’s Shiv Sena. Where is the image or photo of late Balasaheb Thackeray in the advertisement?”
State BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, nevertheless, tried to downplay the commercial. “It is always the election result that decides which party or leader is more acceptable to the voters. Shinde as a cabinet minister was popular earlier and now his acceptance has increased as the chief minister. People of the state have lots of expectations from Fadnavis, Shinde and Modi. As a state-level leader, the people of Maharashtra have given preference to Fadnavis twice, he said. ?There is no comparison between the Shiv Sena and BJP about who is a bigger or smaller party,” stated Bawankule.
Chief spokesperson of the Maharashtra unit of Congress Atul Londhe referred to as it a ‘false’ survey that he stated Shinde has used to advertise himself. “Once the election is over, Maha Vikas Aghadi will win more than 42 Lok Sabha seats (in Maharashtra) and 200 seats in the assembly for sure. A new story would be written about him (Shinde) as ‘once upon a time, there was Shinde’,” he stated.
Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats and 288 Assembly constituencies. Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) companions – Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP – have asserted that they’ll combat the polls with most coordination. Bharat Gogawale, chief whip of the Shinde-led Sena stated, “We never manage anyone to get a favourable survey. He (Shinde) is even accessible to people and visits all parts of the state. We have not asked any media house to conduct a survey for us.”
