Maharashtra: Deleted Video Of Deputy CM Fadnavis Triggers Buzz Over CM Post, BJP Clarifies

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> Creating a fresh flutter in the state's political circles, the BJP's Maharashtra unit on Friday posted a four-year-old video of former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis saying that he will return to helm of affairs in the state. Taking to X, the state BJP posted a video of Fadnavis along with a caption &ldquo;I will return for building a new Maharashtra.&rdquo; However, the social media post was deleted later.</p> <p>Later, Maharashtra BJP&rsquo;s chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye issued a clarification saying the old video is posted several times as the workers take inspiration from it and there was no need to draw &ldquo;any other conclusion&rdquo;.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="mr">हा व्हिडीओ सोशल मीडिया मर्यादित आहे <br /><br />जनादेश यात्रेतील हा व्हिडीओ आता पर्यत अनेकदा टाकला गेला आहे. त्यातून कार्यकर्त्यांना प्रेरणा मिळत असते.<br /><br />या आधीच माननीय देवेंद्रजीनीच स्पष्ट केले आहे की,एकनाथ शिंदे मुख्यमंत्री हेच मुख्यमंत्री राहतील आणि त्यांच्याच नेतृत्वात आगामी निवडणुका&hellip; <a href="https://ift.tt/C0dw8XJ> &mdash; Keshav Upadhye (@keshavupadhye) <a href="https://twitter.com/keshavupadhye/status/1717922781726437653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 27, 2023</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>&ldquo;BJP&rsquo;s stance is clear. This video has also been posted earlier on social media. Fadnavis has said the next state elections will be fought under Shinde&rsquo;s leadership,&rdquo; Upadhye told a TV channel.</p> <p>&ldquo;There is no need for the Shinde group to be apprehensive (over the video). Shinde and Fadnavis share a good rapport and coordination. Shinde, Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar are working together for development of Maharashtra,&rdquo; Upadhye added.</p> <p>It is to be noted that before the state elections in 2019, Fadnavis, then-chief minister, had said, &ldquo;Mi punha yein&rdquo; (I will return). He is now the deputy chief minister in Maharashtra.</p> <p>However, CM <a title="Eknath Shinde" href="https://ift.tt/iO94NdT" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">Eknath Shinde</a> told a TV channel he is yet to see the video posted by BJP state unit.</p> <p>Meanwhile, after BJP posted the video, former CM and Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan wondered if there was a move afoot to replace Shinde as the chief minister.</p> <p>&ldquo;Maybe Shinde is being made the scapegoat. Such a move may be because the government led by him has failed to tackle important issues,&rdquo; PTI quoted Chavan as saying.</p> <p>Notably, the state BJP posted the video two days after Fadnavis visited New Delhi and met senior party leaders.</p>

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