Key Points:
- Shiv Sena declared that it will be supporting for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who the party also termed as the “real Bengal tigress”, in the upcoming state Assembly election.
- The West Bengal elections will be held in eight phases from March 27 to April 29 and the results will be declared on May 2.
- Sena MP Sanjay Raut announced that the party would not contest the forthcoming elections in West Bengal, where its former ally BJP has made it a point of prestige to overthrow Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee.
The Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra’s CM Uddhav Thackeray declared that it won’t be contesting any contests against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in the ‘Didi vs All’ fight this time. Instead, the Shiv Sena declared that it will be supporting for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who the party also termed as the “real Bengal tigress”, in the upcoming state Assembly election.
The West Bengal elections will be held in eight phases from March 27 to April 29 and the results will be declared on May 2. Sena MP Sanjay Raut announced that the party would not contest the forthcoming elections in West Bengal, where its former ally BJP has made it a point of prestige to overthrow Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee.
— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) March 4, 2021
Raut said, “A lot of people are curious to know whether the Shiv Sena is contesting West Bengal polls or not? So, here’s the update, after discussions with party president Uddhavji Thackeray,” he declared. Further, the MP tweeted, “In the present scenario, it appears like a Didi vs All fight. All Ms – money, muscle and media are being used against ‘M’amata Didi. Hence, the Shiv Sena has decided not to contest the West Bengal polls but stand in solidarity with her. We wish Mamata Didi ‘roaring’ success, because we believe she is the real Bengal Tigress.”
Previously, Shiv Sena — ruling Maharashtra in alliance with Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress — has contested various elections in different states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir and Goa besides West Bengal.
CM Mamata Banerjee, during her visit to Mumbai in November 2017, had met Thackeray, who was in alliance with BJP, at a five-star hotel in the city. The only common thread binding Thackeray and Banerjee is that both of them have been a little cross with the BJP and the Narendra Modi government on a host of issues, including demonetisation.
