Maharashtra BJP takes Hindutva turn, says Hindus are targeted

Fadnavis terms MVA govt most corrupt in State history

BJP leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday termed the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government the most corrupt in the history of Maharashtra. He said the riots in Vidarbha’s Amaravati were an attempt to polarise minorities against the Union government, as the Opposition had no counter to the BJP’s politics of development.

“What happened in Amaravati, Nanded and Malegaon cannot be taken lightly. It was a systematic attempt to polarise minorities against the Narendra Modi government, as they [Opposition] are left with no counter to our politics of development,” stated Mr. Fadnavis, addressing a one-day State executive council meeting.

Targeting Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Mr. Fadnavis said nobody considered him the Chief Minister as each Minister in the Cabinet considered himself the Chief Minister. “Our government used to talk about roads, industries, schemes. But this government talks about drugs, extortion, corruption. Ministers talk only about personal gains. This is the most corrupt government in the history of the State,” he remarked.