Addressing a press conference, Thackeray further claimed the outfits led by Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar will not get these anti-incumbency votes in the assembly polls, which are likely to be held in October-November.
“A huge portion of Dalits and Muslims voted against the BJP. These votes against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and (Union Home Minister) Amit Shah went to Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and the Congress. These were not votes for the Maha Vikas Aghadi. This wave is now gone,” he said.
Thackeray also said the MNS plans to contest 225 seats in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls. Slamming NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar, the MNS chief claimed it is the former who brought the politics of caste and defection in the state. After the NCP was founded, even saints got divided on the basis of caste, Thackeray alleged.
