Maha Vikas Aghadi should have had a CM face during campaign, now we will decide after polls: Uddhav Thackeray Premium

Maharashtra Assembly election: Lamenting failure of Maha Vikas Aghadi in declaring a CM face, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said he was willing to support anyone from the alliance named for the top post

Lamenting the failure of the Maha Vikas Aghadi in declaring a chief ministerial face during the campaign for the Maharashtra Assembly election, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said he was willing to support anyone from the alliance named for the top post. “We will not let Maharashtra drohis (traitors) come to power,” he said during an interview at his residence “Matoshree” in Mumbai on Saturday (November 16, 2024).

Reacting to alliance leader Sharad Pawar’s remark that the party with the most number of votes in Maha Vikas Aghadi should get the Chief Minister post, Mr. Thackeray said he was willing to support anyone as the Chief Minister face.

Riled by the BJP’s accusations of “vote jihad”, Mr. Thackeray challenged the saffron party to change the Constitution to decide who can vote and who cannot.

“You have sat there for 10 years, and you will continue sitting there for another five years. If you have the courage, change the Constitution. Say that these people have the right to vote and these people don’t. If you get those votes, then that is not vote jihaad, that is vote love. This is stupidity,” he said.

Excerpts from the interview: