After Amit Shah’s No Crutches Need For BJP In Maharashtra Comments , Chief Minister Devendra fadnavis Swings Into Damage Control Mode

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah has  declared that the Bharatiya Janata Party doesn’t need crutches and runs on its own strength in Maharashtra, challenging the party cadres to ensure that the opposition was defeated during the ensuing local body polls in a manner that they are “not seen even with the help of binoculars.” Soon after Shah’s comments, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that friends are not crutches.

According to media reports, Responding to a reporter’s question on Union minister Amit Shah’s statement at a party event in Mumbai that the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state does not run on crutches but on its own strength, Fadnavis said, “Those who question this remark do not understand the meaning of `crutches’. Friends are not crutches.”

Fadnavis leads a three-party alliance government with Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP.

Earlier, speaking to party workers after laying the foundation stone of the Maharashtra BJP’s new office building near Churchgate railway station in south Mumbai, Shah asserted, “We have proved that the politics of family-run parties will no longer work in this country. It is the politics of performance that will lead the nation forward.”

Shah cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a model for the party, saying “Modiji is the best example of this. A child born in a humble tea seller’s home rose, through his dedication, sacrifice, and hard work, to become the prime minister of India.”

Referring to the ‘double engine’ government of the BJP at the Centre and in the state, Shah said the party must also secure victories in the local body polls scheduled later this year, instructing workers to “work so hard that the Opposition is wiped out. They shouldn’t be seen even with the help of binoculars”.

The BJP doesn’t run on crutches in Maharashtra but on its own strength, Shah said.

“I believe that a party which cannot uphold democracy within its own functioning can never protect the democracy of the nation. This is a strong message to all dynastic parties,” he said.