Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde has predicted that in 2024, the saffron flags of both his party and the BJP will be unfurled all over the state. Shinde, who is on his first visit to Ayodhya after becoming the chief minister last year, stated that the ideology of his party and the BJP is the same, which is Hindutva, and they will go to their state with new energy from Ayodhya to serve the people. He also praised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said that the law and order situation in the state is good and development is going on in full swing. Shinde has asked Adityanath for land for a Maharashtra Bhavan in Ayodhya, which will be named after Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray.
In those elections, the Shiv Sena, a regional party in Maharashtra, contested in an alliance with the BJP, the ruling party at the center. However, after the election results were announced, the Shiv Sena and the BJP failed to reach an agreement over sharing the Chief Minister’s post, which led to a bitter fallout between the two parties. After a few weeks of political uncertainty, the Shiv Sena formed a government in Maharashtra with the support of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress party. This was seen as a major political realignment in Maharashtra, where the Shiv Sena had traditionally been a staunch ally of the BJP. In the statement you have quoted, Uddhav Thackeray is acknowledging that the decision to break away from the BJP and form a government with the NCP and Congress was a difficult one, but necessary in the interest of the people of Maharashtra. He is also suggesting that this decision was widely expected by the people of Maharashtra.
It seems that Mr. Shinde is praising the work of Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He mentioned that Adityanath is popularly known as “bulldozer baba” in the state and credited him with improving the law and order situation in the state. Mr. Shinde also mentioned that he has requested land from Adityanath for a Maharashtra Bhavan in Ayodhya, which will be named after Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray.
