Uddhav Thackeray On Devendra Fadnavis’ 2019 Promise Involving Son Aaditya

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray has claimed the then Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told him in 2019 that he would groom his son Aaditya Thackeray as the next CM of Maharashtra as part of the power-sharing agreement between their parties. Mr. Thackeray also said Mr. Fadnavis told him that he would move to the Centre in the next two to three years.

Addressing a rally in Mumbai’s Dharavi on April 21, Mr. Thackeray claimed the then BJP chief Amit Shah had come to Matoshree, the private residence of the Thackerays, to seek an alliance with Shiv Sena (undivided).

"At that time, Fadnavis was made to sit outside the room of late Bal Thackeray while the two leaders [Mr. Shah and Mr. Thackeray] discussed modalities," he claimed. It was assured to me that the post of chief minister will be shared for 2.5 years [between BJP and Sena-undivided], he said.