Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on July 9 said had the BJP respected the "decision" taken before the 2019 Maharashtra polls on sharing of the Chief Ministerial post, the BJP workers would not have required to carry "carpets" of other parties now.
Addressing a press conference in Yavatmal during his tour of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, Mr. Thackeray reiterated his claim that sharing of the Chief Ministerial post was "decided" between him and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah before the 2019 State Assembly elections.
Mr. Thackeray also said he is waiting to see how the BJP handles its new "riff-raffs", a week after Ajit Pawar led a split in the Nationalist Congress Party and along with eight other NCP MLAs joined the Eknath Shinde-BJP government in Maharashtra.
