BJP's Maharashtra win ends politics of 'Dagaa- Phatka':Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that veteran politician Sharad Pawar played politics of betrayal and treachery in Maharashtra from 1978, which was ended by the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) massive victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 with its resolve to establish a stable government. Addressing a state BJP convention in Shirdi, Amit Shah said the people of Maharashtra showed Pawar, who heads NCP (SP), and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray their place by rejecting the politics of dynasty and betrayal in last year's elections."Sharad Pawar started politics of 'daga-phatka' (betrayal and treachery) in Maharashtra in 1978, which was rejected by people in 2024 (elections). Similarly, the politics of the dynasty and the betrayal of Uddhav Thackeray was also rejected. People showed Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray their place in 2024 polls," Amit Shah said.

VIDEO | "The victory (of NDA) in Maharashtra (Assembly polls) has several meanings. This victory has stopped the politics of betrayal that was started by Sharad Pawar in 1988. It has also shown Uddhav Thackeray - who has betrayed us, ditched the ideology of Balasaheb Thackeray… pic.twitter.com/ZLDP3MmD8P

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Citing differences between Congress and allies in Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar, and Maharashtra, Shah said the decline of the opposition INDI block has begun.Amit Shah also said the BJP will win the Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 scheduled for next month.
The Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) suffered a major setback in the recently held Maharashtra state elections as the party won just 16 seats out of 288 assembly segments while its ally Shiv Sena (UBT), led by Uddhav Thackeray, won 20 seats, and the NCP (Sharad Pawar) faction secured just 10 seats.