Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday predicted mid-term elections in Maharashtra and asked party workers to start preparations.
He was addressing a meeting of the party’s assembly constituency level office bearers at the party headquarters ‘Sena Bhawan’ in Mumbai.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief spokesperson Arvind Sawant briefed reporters about the meeting.
Mr Thackeray predicted early mid-term assembly elections in the state and asked workers to start preparations, Mr Sawant said.
Mid-term elections were inevitable as Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced projects worth Rs 2 lakh crore for Maharashtra, Mr Sawant said.
The MP from South Mumbai said, “Just as voters in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat are being wooed with packages and announcements, the Prime Minister’s announcement is also an indicator that elections will be held in Maharashtra.”
But there was no clarity on the details of the projects the Prime Minister was talking about.
The term of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is set to end in 2024.
The Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena is demanding that party MLAs who rebelled against Eknath Shinde resign and face the voters afresh.
The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, which came to power in June after his rebellion toppled the Thackeray-led government, has been alleged to have Letting many big projects go to Gujarat,
These include ₹1.54 lakh crore Vedanta Foxconn Semiconductor Chip Manufacturing Project and the ₹22,000 crore Tata-Airbus C-295 military transport aircraft project.