Amid the bitter sabre-rattling of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction and the rival Eknath Shinde faction over the conduct of the annual Dussehra rally in Dadar’s Shivaji Park, Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday clarified that the Maharashtra government had not “blocked” any grounds for the rally as being claimed by the Uddhav faction.
“The government has not blocked any ground for Dussehra gathering. If it is within the rules, the ground will be given to them [Uddhav camp],” said Mr. Fadnavis.
Earlier, Aaditya Thackeray and other leaders of the Uddhav faction had alleged that the new Shinde-Fadnavis government [Sena (Shinde faction) -BJP coalition] was deliberately denying them access to the Shivaji Park grounds for the Dussehra rally slated for October 5.
