Panaji: Shiv Sena leader aditya Thackeray Said on Saturday that his party could not focus on Goa at first due to friendship with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but later after being “stabbed in the back”, Shiv Sena Now it has been decided to contest all future elections in the coastal state – from panchayat level to general elections. He said Goa needs Shiv Sena because despite being in power at the Center and in the state, BJP No one has failed to bring about sustainable development.
The Shiv Sena fell out with the BJP after the 2019 Maharashtra elections and formed an alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the neighboring state.
Shiv Sena is fighting the Goa Assembly elections on February 14 in alliance with the NCP. The Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray has fielded 10 candidates in Goa this time.
The party has withdrawn its candidate from Panaji seat, Shailendra Velingkar, after Utpal Parrikar, son of late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, decided to contest as an independent candidate.
Addressing a press conference here, Thackeray said, “The Shiv Sena had not focused on Goa in the past because of its friendship with the BJP. But looking at the political developments in which the BJP stabbed Shiv Sena in the back, we have Have decided to contest all future elections. Goa. We will contest panchayat, assembly and Lok Sabha elections from here. Goa needs Shiv Sena.”
He said that recently Shiv Sena is contesting elections outside the home state of Maharashtra.
Thackeray said the party is getting good response for its campaign in Goa.
“This election is not about the future of Shiv Sena, but about the local people and their future,” the Maharashtra minister said.
The Shiv Sena leader said that though there is a BJP government at the Center and in the state, there has been no sustainable development in Goa.
“Problems like water and electricity supply are still being faced by the people. If so, we fail to understand whether the state has made progress or the leaders have made progress,” he said.
Thackeray also hit out at the BJP saying that its campaign is focused on creating division in the society, spreading hatred and its leaders talked on irrelevant issues, due to which the real issues were not given the necessary attention.
The Shiv Sena fell out with the BJP after the 2019 Maharashtra elections and formed an alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the neighboring state.
Shiv Sena is fighting the Goa Assembly elections on February 14 in alliance with the NCP. The Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray has fielded 10 candidates in Goa this time.
The party has withdrawn its candidate from Panaji seat, Shailendra Velingkar, after Utpal Parrikar, son of late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, decided to contest as an independent candidate.
Addressing a press conference here, Thackeray said, “The Shiv Sena had not focused on Goa in the past because of its friendship with the BJP. But looking at the political developments in which the BJP stabbed Shiv Sena in the back, we have Have decided to contest all future elections. Goa. We will contest panchayat, assembly and Lok Sabha elections from here. Goa needs Shiv Sena.”
He said that recently Shiv Sena is contesting elections outside the home state of Maharashtra.
Thackeray said the party is getting good response for its campaign in Goa.
“This election is not about the future of Shiv Sena, but about the local people and their future,” the Maharashtra minister said.
The Shiv Sena leader said that though there is a BJP government at the Center and in the state, there has been no sustainable development in Goa.
“Problems like water and electricity supply are still being faced by the people. If so, we fail to understand whether the state has made progress or the leaders have made progress,” he said.
Thackeray also hit out at the BJP saying that its campaign is focused on creating division in the society, spreading hatred and its leaders talked on irrelevant issues, due to which the real issues were not given the necessary attention.
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