Sparks fly in Mumbai as Shinde, Uddhav spar over BJP, Hindutva & Adani during Dussehra bout

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Mumbai: Eknath Shinde, chief minister of Maharashtra and head of his faction of the Shiv Sena, warned people not to take him lightly. Uddhav Thackeray, his rival and head of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) faction, asserted himself, saying his father and Sena founder Bal Thackeray trusted him to be capable of making his own decisions...

Shinde justified joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while Uddhav slammed the current BJP as a hybrid version of its original self, asking its ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), if it found todays Narendra Modi-led BJP acceptable...

Shinde spoke about his partys commitment to Hindutva while attacking Uddhav for getting votes mainly from the Muslim community..

At a time when the Mahayuti partnersShinde-led Shiv Sena, BJP and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)are negotiating power sharing going into the state polls, Shinde hailed Modi for installing a Shiv Sena CM and fulfilling Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackerays dream...

Uddhav asked his party workers if he did the right thing when he splintered ties with the BJP in 2019, while Shinde launched into a long justification for walking out of the Uddhav-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and joining forces with the BJP.The MVA comprises the Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar). I ..

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