Fresh Devendra Fadnavis Vs Uddhav Thackeray Spat? This Time Over 2019's Promise On CM Post For Aaditya

Uddhav claimed that the then BJP chief and Union home minister Amit Shah had visited him at Matoshree to forge an alliance with Shiv Sena (undivided).

A fresh spat seems to be broken out between Maharashtra Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray as the later claimed that Fadnavis in 2019 assured him that he will groom his son Aaditya Thackeray as the next Chief Minister, and the then CM will be moving to Delhi to join the Union Cabinet, according to the power-sharing deal between the then Shiv Sena-BJP alliance. 

While campaigning for his party’s candidate from Mumbai South Central, Anil Desai on Saturday, Uddhav claimed that the then BJP chief and Union home minister Amit Shah had visited him at Matoshree to forge an alliance with Shiv Sena (undivided).

“Ahead of the 2019 polls, Amit Shah had come to our house where the power-sharing deal was discussed. It was assured to me that the post of chief minister will be shared for 2.5 years,” Uddhav was quoted as saying by news agency PTI in its report. 

Asserting that he was cheated, Uddhav further stated that Fadnavis along with Amit Shah came to visit him in the late Balasaheb Thackeray's room. "For us, Balasaheb's room is a very holy place. The promise of power-sharing was given to us in that room and later broken," he said.

Uddhav Thackeray further stated that when he asked Devendra Fadnavis whether he would work for such a young man who had just begun his electoral career, Fadnavis said that he would move to Delhi to join the Union Cabinet. 

Devendra Fadnavis, a deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-led Mahayuti government, responded to the claims, claiming that Uddhav Thackeray has "lost his mind" and may be "hallucinating".

“Uddhav Thackeray has become 'bhramishta' (delirious). He is hallucinating. Initially, he said Amit Shah promised him a chief ministership in some room. Now, he says I promised to make his son a CM. To hide one falsehood, another lie is being told,” Devendra Fadnavis said.

In a post on X, the BJP leader blasted the Sena (UBT) chief, claiming that Maharashtra's social cause is not a "Salim-Javed" storyline and that the public will respond accordingly.

"We respect late Balasaheb Thackeray because he was always true to his word and never deviated from his ideals. We don't respect those who sacrificed the ideals of the late leader. Who are you trying to fool by speaking imagined scripts? You are misleading yourself. You have nothing to do with politics and development. So don't try to get involved in such scripts. You will get a befitting reply," Devendra Fadnavis wrote.