The slugfest comes a day after full-page advertisements were carried across major newspapers in the state on, citing a survey that showed CM Shinde ahead of his deputy Devendra Fadnavis in popularity. It did not have the pictures of either Fadnavis or Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray.
Raut alleged that the Maharashtra government chose the timing only because Shah did not have spare time in the evening and people died of heatstroke due to the decision. He said the event should have been held in the evening.
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On Monday, Fadnavis slammed the opposition and about 4-5 journalists for running a fake narrative that Maharashtra had lost 5 major investments to other states.
A fresh war of words has broken out between the ruling Eknath Shinde dispensation and Uddhav Thackeray-led opposition over the Rs 22,000 crore project to manufacture C-295 military transport aircraft moving from Maharashtra to Gujarat.