MUMBAI: A day after a Shiv Sena advertisement issued in newspapers across the state edged out deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and led to a controversy, with reports of friction between Sena and its alliance partner BJP, the party led by chief minister Eknath Shinde published a new advertisement on Wednesday.
The fresh ad had photos of Shinde and Fadnavis, of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe and also of all nine Shiv Sena ministers in the Shinde-Fadnavis government.The ad also featured the Sena's bow and arrow symbol and BJP's lotus symbol.
However, no BJP minister from the state other than Fadnavis featured in the ad.Tuesday's ad by Sena had a photo of Modi and Shinde but not of Fadnavis, and it had quoted a survey stating that 26.1% of people preferred Shinde as CM while 23.2% wanted Fadnavis for CM.
'Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra,' the ad had stated, drawing angry reactions from the state BJP.State BJP president Chandrashekar Bawankule on Wednesday said the Shinde-led Sena had rectified the mistake and corrected the "mischief" that had taken place.
He said, "Sena released a new advertisement in good spirit.
They should be congratulated for this.
This is what Maharashtra expects.
This is what the coalition expects."However, BJP MP Anil Bonde in an indirect dig at the chief minister said that "no matter how much a frog swells, it does not become an elephant and Thane is not Maharashtra." Hitting back at Bonde, Shinde group leader Sanjay Gaikwad said that chief minister Shinde was "a tiger" and it was because of the "50 tigers (50 MLAs) that BJP ministers have got a place in the cabinet."Meanwhile, Wednesday's ad mentioned that Shinde's and Fadnavis's leadership had the support of 49.3% of the people, without showing the percentage obtained separately by the two in the survey that was being quoted.WatchEknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis together in new ad but is the damage done?
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