Uddhav Thackeray's Sena faction won't win more than five seats in 2024 Maha Assembly polls: Narayan Rane

Union minister Narayan Rane on Thursday claimed the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT will not win more than five seats in the Maharashtra Assembly elections due next yearTaking a dig at Uddhav Thackeray for meeting leaders of various political parties to garner support Rane told reporters here that Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray never visited offices or residences of other political leadersAmid Prime Minister Narendra Modis push for implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in the country Rane said the central government has done many things for tribals and to help entrepreneurs from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communitiesI firmly believe that we will be able to convince them on this issue the minister for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises said in reply to a questionRane was here to address the media over the completion of nine years of the BJPled central government under PM ModiAfter the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena then undivided snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and forged an alliance with the NCP and Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA governmentIn June last year Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde led a revolt against the party leadership This led to a split in the party and collapse of the Uddhav Thackerayled MVA governmentOn June 30 2022 Shinde was sworn in as the CM with the BJPs supportTalking to reporters here Rane said The BJP and Eknath Shindes government is going strong in Maharashtra Uddhav Thackerays Shiv Sena is now left with only 1314 MLAs Their numbers will go down to less than five MLAs after the 2024 Assembly electionsUnlike Uddhav Thackeray Balasaheb Thackeray in his entire lifetime never visited any political leaders residence or office claimed Rane who was in the past a member of the Shiv Sena and Congress before joining the BJPAt present the Shiv Sena faction under Uddhav has lost its significance the former Maharashtra CM further claimedRane expressed confidence that the BJP will once again come to power at the Centre by winning more than 400 seats out of the total 543 in the Lok Sabha elections due next yearAsked if the UCC issue will be at the centre of BJPs poll campaign in 2024 Rane said the decision will be taken by the party leadershipSince several tribal organisations are against the implementation of UCC and have already expressed their concerns Rane said the central government will try to win them over on the issueOur government has done many things for tribals My MSME ministry had also launched schemes to help and support entrepreneurs from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities Thus I firmly believe that we will be able to convince them on this issue Rane saidPrime Minister Modi on Tuesday pushed for implementation of a Uniform Civil CodeEven the Supreme Court has advocated for the UCC but those practising vote bank politics are opposing it Modi said and asked how the country can have two systems touching upon an issue closely identified with the BJP with less than a year left for the Lok Sabha pollsThe prime minister said the Opposition is using the issue of UCC which relates to a common law pertaining to marriage divorce inheritance maintenance and succession of property for all citizens to mislead and provoke the Muslim communityThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever