We will win in the Assembly Elections: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde

The people voted by believing the false narrative of the opposition that the constitution will be changed and reservation cancelled in the Lok Sabha elections. But Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed his firm belief that the people of the state will not make that mistake in the upcoming Assembly elections and claimed that Marathas, OBCs, Dalits, Adivasis will stand behind the Mahayuti and the saffron flag of the Mahayuti will again be hoisted on the Vidhan Bhawan.

Shinde spent half the time criticising Uddhav Thackeray at a gathering organised by the Shinde group on the occasion of Shiv Sena's anniversary. Shinde also accused Uddhav Thackeray of winning 9 seats on the strength of Muslim votes in the Lok Sabha elections.

More than two lakh votes

In the Lok Sabha elections, our Shiv Sena got two lakh more votes than Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena in the state. We have defeated the Thackeray Sena by winning 7 seats in the face-to-face contest in 13 constituencies. The people have given a stamp on who the real Shiv Sena is because we have conquered the traditional strongholds like Konkan, Thane, Sambhajinagar. Therefore, Shinde also advised that Uddhav Thackeray should change the name of his party.

We kept the forts of Thane, Konkan, Sambhajinagar intact. Thane, Kalyan Lok Sabha won by a margin of two lakhs. The Thackeray group did not get a single seat in Konkan. These results have given the seal that the uprising we did two years ago was right, so the real Shiv Sena is ours. Shinde criticised Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena as fake.

Maharashtra knows how Mahavikas Aghadi candidates won. But this is a temporary inflammation. Those who say that Eknath Shinde will end, Shiv Sena will end, will stop talking after assembly election results. Eknath Shinde won with the support of Shiv Sainiks and the people. This Shinde will not end. I am Balasaheb's Shiv Sainik and Dighe's disciple. People love me. I did what no one dared to do in the country. Fear is not in my blood. Political pundits were saying that one or two seats would come. He was saying that he will go back to Thane. But people voted for us, Shinde said.