Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shaina NC took a dig at the Congress party and Maha Vikas Aghadi, stating that their “boat has sunk” and asserted that the Mahayuti alliance would return to power in the state.
Speaking to media, Shaina NC said, “This is the same Congress who keeps commenting on Shiv Sena, Sanjay Raut, they exchange candidates, change names. This boat has sunk. The Mahayuti government will come back to power on November 23.”
The BJP leader also reacted to Shiv Sena’s (UBT) Aaditya Thackeray’s criticism of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw over the Bandra stampede.
“Most incapable leader is commenting on most capable Minister. Ashwini Vaishnaw’s work as a Railway Minister has been great. This incident is unfortunate, but it is not that the Railway Ministry is not taking combative measures,” she said.
At least eight individuals were injured in the stampede at Bandra Terminus on Sunday.
Earlier on Sunday, BJP’s Shaina NC welcomed the candidature of Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora from the Worli constituency for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections and said she is “not at all upset” and it is the decision by her party and the alliance.
Notably, earlier reports had claimed that Shaina NC was also in the fray as Mahayuti’s candidate for the seat, but Shiv Sena announced Deora’s candidature from the seat on Saturday.
The Worli constituency will see a high-profile contest between Deora and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray.
“I am not at all upset. It’s the party and the alliance’s decision to select the candidate. I congratulate my friend Milind Deora on his candidature as the Mahayuti candidate for the prestigious Worli Assembly Constituency. As an alliance the decision to select a candidate, is always the prerogative of the leadership. Our party believes in nation first, party next and individual last. Our agenda is development for Mumbai and Maharashtra is taken to new heights,” Shaina NC told media.
Milind Deora is currently a Rajya Sabha member and is a three-time MP from South Mumbai.
Worli will witness a three-way fight as other than Deora and Aaditya, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has also announced its candidate, Sandeep Deshpande from the seat.
Both the ruling Mahayuti alliance and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) — comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar faction), and Congress — have intensified their preparations for the upcoming elections to 288 Assembly seats in the State.
The BJP is part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance alongside the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) and Ajit Pawar-led NCP.
The Maharashtra Assembly elections are scheduled for November 20, with counting for all 288 constituencies set for November 23.
In the 2019 assembly elections, the BJP won 105 seats, the Shiv Sena 56, and the Congress 44. In 2014, the BJP secured 122 seats, the Shiv Sena 63, and the Congress 42.