<p>Defending his catchphrase ‘mi punha yein’ (I will be back!) ahead of the 2019 Vidhan Sabha polls, Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said he has indeed come back after breaking two parties and with two new partners. </p><p>Fadnavis’ catchphrase “mi punha yein” (I will come back again) - had become popular during the campaign of the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections. </p> .Will Rahul Gandhi return electoral bonds that Congress received, asks Fadnavis.<p>However, Fadnavis’ dream of becoming Chief Minister again was shattered with BJP’s three-decade old ally Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray parting ways and forming the Maha Vikas Aghadi government with the NCP-Congress combine. </p><p>His attempts to form a government with Ajit Pawar lasted for only 80 hours. </p><p>However, the Shiv Sena split in June-July 2022 and the new Maha Yuti government came to power with Eknath Shinde - who rebelled against Thackeray - becoming the Chief Minister while the BJP high-command asked Fadnavis to be the Deputy Chief Minister. </p><p>In June-July 2023 Ajit Pawar rebelled against his uncle and mentor Sharad Pawar and walked to the NDA camp to become Deputy Chief Minister. </p><p>“I have come here after breaking two parties….I have two new partners (Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar),” Fadnavis said during an interactive session. </p><p>Fadnavis hit out at political dynasties, which he said are limited to 50 families. “I am not saying that they did not do anything….some had very big social outlook, but some limited themselves to welfare of their own so the common person became dependent,” he said, adding that in the last 10 years, common people have defeated them.</p> .MVA's seat-sharing formula will be finalised after March 17: Chennithala.<p>On Congress, Fadnavis said, “There is a perception that (Jawaharlal ) Nehru family can control it…today Mallikarjun Kharge is Congress President…but can you say that he can take decisions…ultimately decisions are taken by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra.”</p><p>“Why did the NCP split?…We have seen (NCP founder) Sharad Pawar groomed Ajit Pawar as his natural heir but later he wanted his daughter (Supriya Sule) to control the party…the same happened with Shiv Sena….Uddhav Thackeray wanted to bring his son Aaditya Thackeray to the forefront and compromised his ideology,” he said. </p><p>Fadnavis said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is breaking the order of dynastic politics. “The order is being dismantled…in future if the sons and daughters of politicians would be seen in politics it would be because of merit,” he said. </p>
<p>Defending his catchphrase ‘mi punha yein’ (I will be back!) ahead of the 2019 Vidhan Sabha polls, Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said he has indeed come back after breaking two parties and with two new partners. </p><p>Fadnavis’ catchphrase “mi punha yein” (I will come back again) - had become popular during the campaign of the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections. </p> .Will Rahul Gandhi return electoral bonds that Congress received, asks Fadnavis.<p>However, Fadnavis’ dream of becoming Chief Minister again was shattered with BJP’s three-decade old ally Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray parting ways and forming the Maha Vikas Aghadi government with the NCP-Congress combine. </p><p>His attempts to form a government with Ajit Pawar lasted for only 80 hours. </p><p>However, the Shiv Sena split in June-July 2022 and the new Maha Yuti government came to power with Eknath Shinde - who rebelled against Thackeray - becoming the Chief Minister while the BJP high-command asked Fadnavis to be the Deputy Chief Minister. </p><p>In June-July 2023 Ajit Pawar rebelled against his uncle and mentor Sharad Pawar and walked to the NDA camp to become Deputy Chief Minister. </p><p>“I have come here after breaking two parties….I have two new partners (Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar),” Fadnavis said during an interactive session. </p><p>Fadnavis hit out at political dynasties, which he said are limited to 50 families. “I am not saying that they did not do anything….some had very big social outlook, but some limited themselves to welfare of their own so the common person became dependent,” he said, adding that in the last 10 years, common people have defeated them.</p> .MVA's seat-sharing formula will be finalised after March 17: Chennithala.<p>On Congress, Fadnavis said, “There is a perception that (Jawaharlal ) Nehru family can control it…today Mallikarjun Kharge is Congress President…but can you say that he can take decisions…ultimately decisions are taken by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra.”</p><p>“Why did the NCP split?…We have seen (NCP founder) Sharad Pawar groomed Ajit Pawar as his natural heir but later he wanted his daughter (Supriya Sule) to control the party…the same happened with Shiv Sena….Uddhav Thackeray wanted to bring his son Aaditya Thackeray to the forefront and compromised his ideology,” he said. </p><p>Fadnavis said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is breaking the order of dynastic politics. “The order is being dismantled…in future if the sons and daughters of politicians would be seen in politics it would be because of merit,” he said. </p>