'Uddhav Thackeray Ko Zameen Dikhani Hai': Amit Shah Sounds BMC Poll Bugle at BJP Meet in Mumbai

Uddhav Thackeray ko zameen dikhani hai. He backstabbed us. The real Shiv Sena is rebel leader and Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde's faction, which is with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)," Union Home Minister Amit Shah is learnt to have said on Monday at a key party meeting at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's residence.

Shah, who came for a personal visit to Mumbai for Ganeshotsav, said: "We never promised the CM's post. Fadnavis had called me from Matoshree during the talks in 2019. I had told him to leave, even if it meant the end of the alliance."

"Through his actions, Uddhav Thackeray has shown us whose is the smaller party. In 2014, they broke the alliance over differences on two seats," he added.

Shah set a target of 150+ seats for the upcoming Mumbai civic body elections. The meeting was attended by almost 200 party leaders, including top state leadership, corporators and office-bearers of Mumbai.