Thane: Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde has expressed confidence that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will win the Lok Sabha polls and asked the coalition workers to work for increasing the victory margin this time. Addressing a meeting of Shiv Sena-BJP workers at Dombivli’s Thane district on Sunday night, the senior Sena leader also asked them not to be reckless or underestimate the rival candidates.
“Our victory is definite this time also. Our target should be to ensure maximum difference of votes between the winning and losing candidates,” said Shinde, who is also the guardian minister of Thane.
Lauding Srikant Shinde, the sitting Sena MP from Kalyan seat in Thane, for the work done by him in his constituency in the last five years, the minister claimed the voters would elect him this time also. State minister Ravindra Chavan said voters in
Dombivli segment of the constituency earlier supported the BJP and Shiv Sena and this time also they will ensure victory for the alliance candidate. “This election is an important one and the party workers should ensure that our candidate wins by the maximum victory margin,” he said.
