Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday that the BJP had no intention of joining hands with the Shiv Sena or to bring down the Uddhav Thackeray-led coalition government in the state. Fadnavis, while speaking to reporters here, claimed that the people of the state were unhappy with the functioning of the Shiv Sena-led ‘Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi’ government and that it would fall due to its ‘indolence’. ‘
The senior BJP leader also said that he met Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday, which sparked speculation in the political corridors, in connection with an interview for Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’. Significantly, after the Maharashtra assembly elections last year, the Shiv Sena broke its ties with the BJP on the issue of sharing the chief minister’s post.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led party then joined hands with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress to form a coalition government in the state. Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly, Fadnavis said, “We have no intention of joining hands with the Shiv Sena or topple the government (in the state).” We will see when it falls by itself. “
