HT Interview: Opposition won more seats in Lok Sabha polls through fake narrative, says Eknath Shinde
1 month, 2 weeks ago

HT Interview: Opposition won more seats in Lok Sabha polls through fake narrative, says Eknath Shinde

Hindustan Times  

Barely two weeks ahead of the assembly polls in Maharashtra, chief minister Eknath Shinde spoke to Surendra P Gangan, on the Mahayuti’s prep and how the ruling combine is fielding a volley of accusations from the opposition – primarily on a slew of welfare schemes it launched recently to “benefit people across classes”. He was quick to point out that despite their criticism, the MVA had hastily “copy-pasted” the ruling combine’s prized welfare scheme – the Ladki Bahin Yojana – through which ₹1500 will be given to women whose family income is below ₹2.5 lakh annually. Shinde also underscored how the Mahayuti quickly put its house in order after the drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections, unafraid now of the “fake narrative” purportedly being pushed by the opposition, and that reservation for Marathas and Dhangars will not hurt the OBC and ST quotas. In Lok Sabha elections, the opposition won more seats by setting forth a fake narrative – that the Constitution would be changed and the reservation for SCs and STs would be disturbed; Muslims were also made victims of scaremongering.

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