The controversy continues over maharashtra minister Nitesh Rane's statement 'BJP's chief minister is everyone's father'. Now chief minister devendra fadnavis has reacted to this. When asked about this in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, fadnavis said that he had not heard this comment. He reiterated his commitment to public service. fadnavis stressed, "I consider myself a servant of Maharashtra." He refrained from giving any direct reaction to Nitesh Rane's comments. His father Narayan Rane's statement has also come in the party leadership's efforts to calm the controversy sparked by Nitesh Rane's remarks.
What did narayan rane say on Nitesh Rane's statement?
narayan rane insisted that it was wrong for his son to use such language and tried to curb the controversy sparked by the remarks made over the weekend. narayan rane, lok sabha mp from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg in the Konkan region, said, "It was wrong to use the word 'baap'. I have told him that the chief minister of maharashtra is not someone's father but a servant of the people. Now there is no controversy. It is over." Recalling his tenure as maharashtra chief minister (in the late 1990s), narayan rane said, "I used to tell people not to call me 'saheb'. I am here to serve the people." Earlier, bjp state unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule had tried to downplay the comments made by his party colleague. Bawankule is also a cabinet minister in the maharashtra government.
What did Nitesh Rane say?
Nitesh Rane, while addressing a meeting of bjp workers in Dharashiv in central maharashtra on june 7, claimed that the bjp is the 'father' of all parties. He referred to the prominent leadership of the party at both the national and state levels.
He had said, "BJP workers should always remember one thing that the PM of the country is from the bjp, the cm of the state is from the BJP. Therefore, no matter who (Shinde Sena) dances here and there, no matter who tries to show strength here and there, but in the end all of them should remember that as the father of all, a bjp leader is sitting as the Chief Minister. Nitesh Rane said, "No matter how much one roams here and there, it is a short-lived moonlight... slowly these people will know what is going to happen. In the end they will know that we will not be able to bear the interference of the BJP." Nitesh Rane's comment drew sharp reactions from within the ruling Mahayuti alliance. The Mahayuti alliance comprises the bjp, shiv sena and the nationalist congress party (NCP)..jpg)
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