Thane: In a veiled dig at Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said voters are no longer swayed by so-called “brands”, but support those leaders who ensure development.
Addressing a rally for upcoming civic polls in Thane district on Friday, the Shiv Sena leader said the Mahayuti government functioned dynamically and was not like an “adjournment government”.
“Voters had seen through political branding and would back performance and development in the upcoming Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) elections,” Shinde said.
Shinde alleged that attempts were made to influence candidates, but the people’s mandate was clearly in favour of development.
Calling Kalyan-Dombivli a stronghold of the Mahayuti, Shinde said voters in the region had repeatedly endorsed the alliance by electing MP Shrikant Shinde three times.
“With a stable government at the Centre and in the state, there are no hurdles in executing development projects,” he said, expressing confidence that the alliance would hoist the saffron flag over the KDMC.
