Devendra Fadnavis : The crowd at Eknath Shinde's Dussehra rally told who is the real Shiv Sena

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said the "huge" crowd gathered at the state Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Dussehra rally shows who the real Shiv Sena leader is. He used the derogatory term 'shimga' for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena's rally on Wednesday. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said that as he was busy with the Dhammachakra Parivartan Diwas celebration in Nagpur, he later listened to speeches of both the leaders through YouTube.

Devendra Fadnavis said, "I will not comment on Uddhav Thackeray's speech. There is no need to comment on 'Shimga'. I say abusive words. "There was nothing in the speech, except Shimga," the BJP leader said.

"The capacity of Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) ground was twice that of Shivaji Park (where Thackeray held the rally) and there was a huge crowd, BKC grounds did not have a place to keep sesame seeds. Shiv Sainiks have proved that the Shiv Sena led by Shinde is the real Shiv Sena and I want to congratulate him. While saying that he was reading the "article" of BJP in the rally.

When asked about this, Fadnavis said that those who are saying so should find a new writer. He said, "How many times will you say the same thing? You ask your writer to put some creativity or hire a new writer.