Mumbai: Days after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena came under attack following a front-page newspaper advertisement that featured Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde but not his deputy Devendra Fadnavis, the state BJP Chairman Chandrashekhar Bawankuli said on Thursday that the family in a statement. There can be differences and fight even among brothers.
Bawankuli downplayed the incident and said, “In a family two brothers also fight. That’s why there can be differences. Now that the advertisement is out and everything is clear, I think we should close the matter.” should give.” A front-page advertisement released by the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Maharashtra newspapers on Tuesday sparked a political controversy as it carried pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chief minister, except for Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
The ad claimed that a survey showed that more people preferred Shinde than Fadnavis for the chief minister’s post in the state. Soon after the ad made waves in political circles, the BJP-Shiv Sena government released an advertisement featuring the two leaders.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Tuesday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena over advertisements featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The BJP-Shiv Sena government has released an advertisement featuring the two leaders.
He said that the poster did not feature Shiv Sena stalwarts like Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe. Pawar had said, ‘I have not seen such kind of advertisement till date in my political career, which I saw in today’s newspapers. The advertisement had pictures of PM Narendra Modi and CM Shinde.
“They (Shiv Sena) say they are Balasaheb Thackeray’s soldiers, whereas the photographs of Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe were missing from the advertisement,” he said. BJP member Praveen Darekar said the Shiv Sena’s advertisement was “not correct”, while Uddhav Sena’s Sanjay Raut alleged that Shinde’s camp had forgotten Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray.