Amid resentment over seat sharing within Mahayuti, Shiv Sena (Shinde) camp leader urges Modi, Shah to put Maharashtra BJP in line
The Hindu
Maharashtra allies Shiv Sena and BJP clash over seat sharing, with Shiv Sena leader warning against betrayal.
Amid smouldering resentment within the Mahayuti allies in Maharashtra over seat sharing, the sabre-rattling between the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party continued with senior Shinde camp leader Ramdas Kadam warning his bigger ally that it should not attempt to deceive them while exhorting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah to “pull up” Maharashtra BJP leaders.
Mr. Kadam, a former Cabinet Minister and a four-term MLA from Khed in Konkan region, has been vocal against the BJP staking claim to seats where the sitting MP is from the Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction.
“These are places that belong to sitting MPs from the Shiv Sena. Yet, BJP leaders are touring such constituencies, poaching our cadre and trying to claim them for themselves. Be it Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Maval or Sambhajinagar Lok Sabha constituencies, this phenomenon is occurring everywhere. This is condemnable,” he said.
The senior leader said that Mr. Shinde and the rebel Shiv Sena leaders had taken a big risk in aligning with the BJP. He urged Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah to pull the ears of the Maharashtra BJP leaders.
“Everyone wants to increase their party strength. But we have joined the BJP [alliance] by keeping our trust in Modi and Shah. They must ensure that there will not be a betrayal [of the Shinde-led Sena]. No one will have any faith left with the BJP if it keeps on betraying its allies in this manner,” he said.
Mr. Kadam’s son, Dapoli MLA Yogesh Kadam alleged that his office-bearers were being inducted into the BJP, while remarking that he would have to take steps if no alternatives were available.
Downplaying Mr. Kadam’s outburst, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the BJP had always respected the Shiv Sena.
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