In a hurry to keep the BJP out of power, Thackeray without hesitation joined hands with the secular forces of Maharashtra after the 2019 state assembly elections. Marathi Votersmany of whom have been weaned for more than three decades Hindutva of Balasaheb Thackeray rhetoric
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Renowned cultural activist Vinod Pawar said, “A staunch Marathi manush loves famous poetry, which praises Maharashtra in the form of rocks and rough terrain. Shiv Sena has lost its ideological base by joining hands with the NCP-Congress , which are the opposite.” Documentary maker.
“Either Thackeray failed to realize that Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress Experiment Will not go well with party rank and file or CM takes his followers lightly, which is worse,” said actor-director Vishwas Sohoni. “Eknath Shinde tapped into dissent,” he said.
As the head of the tri-party Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime, Thackeray has openly scoffed at the RSS-BJP in his speeches and interviews, and Saamna regularly slammed the PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
However, the soldier-on-the-street thought things were going too far when Saamana opposed the abrogation of Article 370, and criticized Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘Kashmir Files’ on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in the 1990s. Of.
“Thackeray hastily sacrificed Shiv Sena’s agenda at the altar of MVA. He had no idea that his political moves would affect the morale of the party people,” Pawar said.
When the state BJP launched a well-planned campaign accusing Thackeray of going to jail Balasaheb’s saffron legacy For power, the chief minister, in a poorly planned damage-control exercise, began to declare his allegiance to Hindutva.
A party functionary admitted that the recent visit of MVA minister Aaditya Thackeray to Ayodhya was a desperate move by Matoshree to regain the Sena’s lost ground on the issue of Hindutva. “However, it didn’t cut much snow with the troops,” he said.
A former Shiv Sena councilor said, “Shinde’s post-insurgency tweet in which he has questioned the chief minister’s commitment to Hindutva echoes the views of a large section of soldiers.”
Many in Shiv Sena think that Thackeray handled the Covid crisis tactfully and his copy has been overall spotless in the book. However, his aloof nature became a deterrent for party workers and senior functionaries as well.
Also, excessive affection for the family members escalated matters for the Chief Minister. When a relative of Thackeray insisted on scouting the files of Thane’s rebel Urban Development and Public Works Department, Shinde stopped handling.
The stories of how the Chief Minister does not pick up the calls of senior NCP ministers, leave the Shiv Sena ministers aside, are enough. The former Shiv Sena councilor said, “The CMO had no agency to guide us through the maze of ministry portfolios. We never felt that the government was ours. In fact, NCP ministers are often more helpful than our ministers.” are.”