‘Look how we won Haryana, Gujarat’. Shah takes over from Fadnavis in Maharashtra after LS poll fiasco

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New Delhi: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah is back in the saddle in poll-bound Maharashtradriving the Mahayuti alliance, allaying fears of state leaders, infusing a dose of enthusiasm among the demoralised cadre and calling the shots in ticket distribution...

Focus on how the BJP won Haryana and Gujarat (in 2017), against all odds, by micromanaging the poll, is his advice to the partys Maharashtra unit that seems unsure of victory in the November assembly polls after the setbacks in the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year...

The BJP won just nine of the 28 Lok Sabha seats it contested in Maharashtra, down from its tally of 23 last time..

Addressing state workers of the Vidarbha region in Nagpur last month, Shah spoke plainly about several issues and handed out tips to the BJP leaders present.. Speaking to ThePrint, some of these leaders said that Shah used the Gujarat analogy to allay fears about possible loss in the Maharashtra election due to the Maratha agitation..

When Shah met leaders of the Konkan region for a review in Mumbai this month, he boosted the cadres morale by insisting on shatpratishat (100 percent) BJP government by 2029, meaning that the BJP should aim to establish a government on its own in the state by 2029, according to the member.. He added that Shah also emphasised that Fadnavis is capable of addressing challenges in Maharashtra to send out the message that the central leadership was backing him fully in the assembly polls...

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