Nominations have been made for the Maharashtra Assembly elections and now the campaign has started gaining momentum. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena Uddhav faction MP Arvind Sawant has made a controversial statement about Shinde faction candidate Shaina NC. Arvind Sawant raised doubts about Shaina’s participation in the Shinde group elections and said that imported products do not work in elections here. Controversy has been mounting over this statement of Arvind and in response to this, Shaina played the woman card and said, I am a woman, not a commodity.
In fact, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena has declared Shaina NC as its candidate from the Mumbadevi seat. He will take on Congress candidate and sitting MP Amin Patel. Shaina NC is a fashion designer by profession and a famous personality in the glamorous world of Mumbai. Shaina left BJP after the Shiv Sena ticket was announced. Then she was the spokesperson of the BJP.
‘Imported won’t work here…’
On making Shaina a Mahayuti candidate, Arvind Sawant said, look at her condition. He remained in BJP all his life. I got the ticket from Shinde Sena. Imported will not work here. Imported products don’t work here. We sell original products here. Amin Patel is the original candidate.
“You can’t respect a woman”
Shaina expressed displeasure over group MP Uddhav Sawant’s statement and retaliated. Shayna NC said she can’t respect a woman. A capable woman, who is professional and enters politics. Do you use those words? We all worked for you in 2014 and 2019 under the leadership of Modi ji, so your condition is the same. Now the reason you are in trouble is because you have called a woman Maal.
‘I am a woman, not a commodity’
Shaina said no woman will remain silent for her honor. Arvind Sawant knows that the one who has left is no ordinary woman. The public will make them miserable. They don’t know how to respect women. Shaina wrote in X: I am a woman, not a commodity.
Let us tell you that earlier there was a discussion that BJP may make Shaina NC the candidate from Worli this time. However, when this seat came to Eknath camp’s tally, they named Milind Deora as the candidate from there. Shiv Sena has fielded Shaina from Mumbadevi seat.
On the first disagreement and then consensus on seat sharing in Mahavikas Aghadi, Arvind Sawant said that such big parties have come together, this is a very important thing. It’s getting smaller and smaller. You lengthen things and give them a lot of importance. Nominees have come from Gandhiji to Shivaji. The Mahavikas Aghadi candidate (Amin Patel) has been elected three times on his own strength. If talking about the Constitution is a false narrative, then what they are doing today is playing with the Constitution and that is not over yet. You (BJP) are building a wall between Hindus and Muslims. If you have done any work tell me. Nothing has been done. That’s why we want to establish a new narrative. We are associated with the poor.
On Milind Deora’s candidature from Worli seat, Sawant said: I regret his candidature. His father remained a congressman his entire life. He is changing parties and positions daily. Despite being a Rajya Sabha MP, he is contesting the elections. Where were you during Covid? This should be asked first. Then you will know if you are connected with the audience or not.
