Expressing conviction in stores of MH polls, Nitin Gadkari urges workers to stand stark behind BJP, its ideology

Nagpur, September 19: With the assembly elections in Maharashtra drawing closer, Nitin Gadkari moved up expressing confidence that the BJP and Shiv Sena would seal an alliance for the coming polls, while addressing the BJP workers at Vidarbha Vijay Sankalp meet on Wednesday.

 

"Workers should resolve to stand behind the party and its ideology. They should stand behind the candidates selected by the party. I feel BJP and Shiv Sena alliance will take place," he said.

 

While a mutually agreeable seat-sharing formula for upcoming polls is still eluding the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena, Gadkari said that the BJP workers were supposed to work hard to win all the seats in Vidarbha and bring the Devendra Fadnavis-led government back to power with more seats than the last time.

 

He reminded the gathering of sacrifices made by Jan Sangh members during the Emergency. "Our party did not begin its journey with the sole purpose of coming to power. We want to change government, society and to keep democracy alive," he said.

Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena also urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to raise the poll expenditure limit per candidate from the existing Rs 28 lakh to Rs 70 lakh.

 

Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Desai made the representation to the ECI during the meeting of public representatives here with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra.