‘You Can Come Right here…’: Did Fadnavis Invite Uddhav Thackeray Over To The Ruling Facet?

Final Up to date:July 16, 2025, 21:34 IST

Throughout his speech on the Maharashtra legislative council, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis selected to instantly deal with former ally Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray

Two days after Uddhav Thackeray shared a lightweight second about how the 2 Shiv Senas ought to come collectively, it was time for Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to make a quip or two.

A number of shocking feedback right here and there throughout the ongoing monsoon session, and Fadnavis sparked hypothesis about future political machinations that will or might not concern Uddhav. Throughout his speech on the event of his former ally’s farewell from the Vidhan Parishad on Wednesday, he selected to instantly deal with him. 

“(Uddhav ji) you could be thought of for inclusion right here (within the ruling social gathering),” Fadnavis mentioned, whereas showing to chuckle and share a joke. “A minimum of until 2029, there is no such thing as a scope for us to return there (opposition). Uddhav ji can take into consideration the scope of coming to this aspect (ruling social gathering) and that may be thought of differently, however there’s completely no scope left for us to return there (opposition).”

Later, nevertheless, Uddhav mentioned the remarks made by Fadnavis had been “in jest” and nothing to learn into. “His remarks had been made in jest, let it stay so,” he advised reporters.

The undivided Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray parted methods with the longtime ally BJP after the 2019 meeting elections.

Fadnavis’s pointed remarks stood out towards the backdrop of a doable tie-up between Uddhav’s Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for the civic physique elections in Mumbai. 

The MNS, which has supported the BJP in previous elections, is but to make its intentions clear. On July 5, the 2 Thackeray cousins shared the political stage after 20 years to have a good time the BJP-led Maharashtra authorities’s rollback of two controversial orders that had launched Hindi as a 3rd language from Class 1 in state colleges.

In April, Raj Thackeray sparked hypothesis a few potential political rapprochement along with his cousin Uddhav Thackeray, noting their previous variations had been “trivial” and uniting for the better good of “Marathi manoos” (Marathi folks) just isn’t a tough activity. The excitement strengthened when Uddhav mentioned he was able to put apart trivial fights supplied that these working towards Maharashtra’s pursuits is not going to be entertained.

This was a veiled reference to Raj internet hosting Shiv Sena head and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde at his residence. Amid all of the confusion over alliance loyalties, the MNS chief had additionally met Fadnavis at a resort final month.

There are additionally reviews of continuous unease between Fadnavis and his deputy Eknath Shinde, who break up the Shiv Sena in 2022 and joined fingers with the BJP. Shinde was mentioned to be sad when he needed to cede the chief minister’s publish to Fadnavis after the BJP-led Mahayuti retained energy with a landslide victory within the 2024 elections.

(With PTI inputs)

Oindrila Mukherjee

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