Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has taken a dig at NCP-SP (Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar’s recent statement in which he blamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for the victory of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Was praised. Fadnavis said, ‘Sharad Pawar is Chanakya. He must have realized how the fake narrative propagated by Mahavikas Aghadi in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 got punctured in the Assembly elections. Sharad Pawar must have realized that this power (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) is not one that does regular politics, it is a power that builds the nation. Lastly, one has to praise one’s opponent also. That is why he must have praised RSS.
Can Sharad Pawar’s party become a part of NDA at the Center and Mahayuti alliance in the state? In response to this question, Devendra Fadnavis said, ‘Let me tell you… after 2019, you must have heard my statements. The events that have happened from 2019 to 2024 have made me understand that nothing is impossible. One should not proceed assuming that nothing will happen. Anything can happen. Uddhav Thackeray can go there, Ajit Pawar comes here. Anything can happen in politics. It should be kept in mind that when we insist that this will not happen, then there is no assurance of where the political circumstances will take you.
Devendra Fadnavis had come to Nagpur to attend the awards ceremony organized in the memory of senior RSS leader Vilas Fadnavis. During his address at the event, he said, ‘RSS played an important role in bringing together national forces to fight against anarchist forces in Maharashtra elections.’ He said, ‘In Maharashtra elections, we had requested the RSS Vichar Parivar that national forces need to come together against anarchist forces. People from different sections of the RSS thought family played roles in their respective areas to fight against anarchy.
Devendra Fadnavis said, ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi was successful in the Lok Sabha elections on a fake narrative. This made them overconfident that they could come to power by creating such fake narratives. We all, including me, were overconfident in the Lok Sabha elections. We thought we were winning. Therefore, we thought that the opposition’s talk about changing the constitution etc. would not have any impact on the public. We thought that Vote Jihad would have no impact, but unfortunately we saw its impact.
