Saamna takes potshot at Shinde's decision to campaign for BJP in 4 states
An editorial in Saamana, the mouthpiece of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) on Monday took a dig at Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, comparing him to a fictional character of 'Allabaksh'.
The party has announced that Shinde will campaign for the BJP in the four states -Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Chhattisgarh- where Assembly elections are currently underway.
The late Ram Ganesh Gadkari's musical play Ekach Pyala's potrays two fictional characters 'Ved Shastri Shastribuva' and 'Allabaksh' who engage in an ideological debate after a bout of heavy drinking and after some time forget their original roles and advocate the opposing ideology. Shastribuva praises the greatness of Islam whiole Allabakhsh waxes eloquent about the greatness of Hinduism.
"This drama being performed in the 'Arya Madira Mandal' of the play 'Ekach Pyala' is going on in the politics of Maharashtra today. Chief Minister Shinde is currently playing the role of Allabakhsh and he is propagating the hypocritical Hindutva of BJP," the Saamna editorial read.
"Shinde sometimes goes on pilgrimage and often stays at the feet of Delhi. Now to entertain himself, he is devoting himself to BJP's campaign. It is good that within a year they have realized that there is nothing special left in the campaign of fake and duplicate Shiv Sena. 'Allabakhsh' of Maharashtra has come out to campaign for BJP. Their 'final destination' is the same!" the Saamna stated.
Targeting the BJP, Saamna stated that money, power and investigation machinery bring victory to the BJP.
"After December 31, the unauthorized politics of the illegal Chief Minister of the state, Shinde, is going to end. The interesting thing is that state Chief Minister Shinde will now campaign for BJP in the assembly elections of four states. It is also a joke that the duplicate army of Thane will campaign for the victory of the BJP in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana. The political power of the Bharatiya Janata Party lies in the fun of money. Money, power and investigation machinery are what bring victory to the BJP. Thoughts, policies etc. are insignificant," the editorial stated.
Saamana further stated that while Chief Minister Shinde is campaigning for BJP in poll-bound states, they are "afraid of holding municipal elections in Maharasthra."
"... it makes sense for Shinde to campaign in four states. He and his team will campaign in four states, but the same people are afraid of holding elections in 14 municipal corporations including Mumbai and Thane," it read.
The editorial also said that Shinde was unable to understand the role of Balasaheb Thackeray, who lent to the Vajpayee-Advani government in Delhi but did not campaign for BJP.
"It is also interesting that Shinde was never known for coherent thoughts. He could never understand the thoughts of Shiv Sena and the role of Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray, that is why he is going to work for BJP's campaign in five states. Balasaheb Thackeray or Uddhav Thackeray were definitely in the National Democratic Alliance. Vajpayee-Advani took power in Delhi. For this, the Shiv Sena chief also got strong support from Maharashtra, but he did not go to other states and work for the BJP. But today when all the stuff is fake, then the gang of fake Shiv Sena has set out to promote BJP in four states," the editorial said.
