The political fight has just begun in Maharashtra. The arrest of union minister Narayan Rane over his 바카라tight slap바카라 comment is just the first big incident as the political firmament in the state gets hotter. With the upcoming prestigious elections to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) all the parties in Maharashtra are in a combative mood.
The ongoing Jan Ashirwad Yatras, which the BJP has launched across 22 states, are facing over 100 FIRs registered all over Maharashtra for violation of Covid-19 protocols. Rane has been leading several of these yatras in the state as the BJP seeks to 바카라expose바카라 the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, led by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, over its 바카라failures on various fronts바카라 and, at the same time, promote the Centre바카라s schemes.
The Rane incident, if anything, has revealed that a rapprochement between former allies Shiv Sena and BJP does not appear possible, at least in the near future. There were signs of a thaw earlier when Thackeray had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June, with the two having a one-on-one dialogue after the official meeting was over. However, with the crucial local elections in the state over the next six months 바카라 considered as mini-Assembly elections to gauge the mood of the people 바카라 the atmosphere is only going to get more acrimonious and ties more strained.
바카라There is a good reason why Rane was inducted into the Cabinet in the latest reshuffle. His main utility to the BJP is his eagerness to attack Thackeray owing to their history. Their rivalry is more personal than political, and goes back a long way,바카라 explains a BJP leader.
Rane, who had started out as a 바카라Shakha Pramukh바카라 in the Shiv Sena, rose up the ranks to become the chief minister of the state in 1999. A close confidante of Balasaheb Thackeray, Rane never accepted Uddhav Thackeray바카라s leadership, he engineered a coup against him. Thackeray expelled him from the party in 2005 for 바카라anti-party activities바카라 and Rane moved to the Congress. He stayed in the Congress for 12 years, waiting for what he claimed was the promised chief ministership. When that did not happen, he quit the Congress in 2017 to start his own party, the Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha (MSP). In 2018, the BJP sent him to Rajya Sabha after he declared support to the party. He officially joined the party before the Assembly polls in 2019.
바카라Rane is BJP바카라s most potent weapon against the MVA government. He has been leading from the front in the Jan Ashirwad Yatras and getting a good response from the people. In fact, that is what seems to have irked the Shiv Sena and forced them to take disproportionate action against him by arresting him,바카라 says the BJP leader.
BJP바카라s Maharashtra state president Chandrakant Patil says the fact that Rane has got bail is victory for the BJP. 바카라It is a slap on the face of the state government. Even if there are restrictions placed on Rane and he is not allowed to speak, thousands will flock the streets just to see him,바카라 he says.
However, leader of opposition in Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis, preferred to keep the door to a later-day conciliation open. He made it clear that the party does not condone Rane바카라s statement. "We don't support Narayan Rane's statement but I, as an individual, and the party stand with him,바카라 he said.
