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Maharashtra election results: No CM race in Mahayuti, top ministers will take a call, says Devendra Fadnavis | India News – Times of India
He told TOI: “We have achieved an unprecedented victory. It was a tsunami of a different kind, and the entire opposition was almost wiped out, but there is no race for the CM’s post. The decision on the new CM will be taken. by senior netas of Shiv Sena, NCP and the BJP high command.”
Fadnavis attributed Mahayuti’s victory to the confidence of the people of Maharashtra in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “It is a fact that our performance during the Lok Sabha elections was not up to par. In the period after the LS polls, people realized that the BJP was being targeted by divisive and anti-national forces. They took revenge and voted for Mahayuti We are grateful to the people of Maharashtra for their confidence in Modi’s leadership,” he said.
Fadnavis said Modi’s slogan ‘ek hain toh safe hain’, combined with the Ladki Bahin scheme, was the game-changer. “The slogan indeed made people feel safe under the leadership of Modi. As a result, even on election day, the electorate took the stand of ‘ek hain toh safe hain’ and ‘Mahayuti hain toh safe hain’.” he said.
He added that the Ladki Bahin scheme “has been implemented in letter and spirit and payment will continue to be made on schedule in the future.” He said the priority of the new government would be to complete ongoing infrastructure projects in a time-bound manner. “We are committed to completing projects on time and developing Mumbai as a world-class city,” he said.
Fadnavis said Mahayuti had to pay a heavy price for not responding to false narratives of MVA politicians during LS polls. “We have taken note and responded with full force to all the fake stories and made it clear to the people how MVA misled them,” he added.
Fadnavis said MVA had alleged that Mahayuti was planning to abolish reservations and amend the constitution. “We were able to successfully convince the people that it was the BJP that was responsible for the implementation of Dr. Ambedkar guaranteed. The people were convinced; that’s why they voted for us,” he said.
Fadnavis also said that during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, every effort was made to divide people in the name of religion and caste, but Mahayuti foiled all attempts with Modi’s slogan ‘ek hain toh safe hain’. “We have united all communities and people from all walks of life,” he noted.
Further, Fadnavis said that farmers were also fooled by MVA with its false stories, but the BJP convinced them and presented to them that the BJP would tackle the agrarian crisis as its top priority.
