‘Thackeray no longer a brand’: Fadnavis says Mumbai mayor will be Marathi Hindu

MUMBAI: The Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and Raj, are not a origin for interest for the BJP. "We volition triumph decisively," said main curate Devendra Fadnavis successful an interrogation with an online channel. "Thackeray is nary longer a brand.

There was lone 1 Thackeray marque and that was precocious Balasaheb Thackeray."In the interrogation aired connected Friday, Fadnavis said if the Thackeray cousins had travel unneurotic successful 2009, it would person been a antithetic result. "Now determination is nary summation successful coming together. Their ballot percent is truthful low... neither the Marathi manoos nor the non-Marathi is going to ballot for them. Therefore, we are not disquieted astir their coming together," helium said, adding that the strongholds for Sena (UBT) and MNS overlap.

"Our votes ne'er moved; they remained constant. Already determination are differences betwixt their enactment workers," helium said.On who would beryllium politician of Mumbai, Fadnavis said, "The politician volition beryllium from the Mahayuti. He volition beryllium a Hindu and a Marathi."Laying assertion to the recognition for assorted infrastructure works successful Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Fadnavis said the projects were not his idea, but they came to fruition lone aft helium took implicit arsenic CM.

"Atal Setu was projected by JRD Tata successful 1962. Prithviraj Chauhan was CM, and helium ever said the coastal roadworthy was his favourite project. He had bully relations with the Sena, and Manmohan Singh was the PM. He regularly went to Delhi but did nothing. I studied the projects, understood the problems, held astatine slightest 5 meetings with the Centre, and got clearances for the Atal Setu and coastal road. For the coastal road, I went close up to the Supreme Court and got it done," helium said.Fadnavis said, "Look astatine the improvement vision. We are time-tested... they person thing to amusement for it. Merely due to the fact that you marque the neighbour's lad beryllium connected your lap, it does not go yours. The coastal roadworthy did not hap till I came. They (Uddhav and Aditya Thackeray) are truthful small-minded... erstwhile the contented came up of who to springiness the roadworthy to do, Uddhavji said springiness it to BMC. I agreed, and 1 good day, without informing me, helium performed the bhoomipujan.

I did not accidental anything. I was the CM; helium held nary law post. All of Mumbai knows who did the coastal road, navigated the project..."