'We are not afraid of Uddhav Thackarey. He had said that Mumbai would burn, but not even a matchstick was burnt,' Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis was quoted as saying.
While addressing the media after the Maharashtra state assembly was adjourned sine die, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took a jibe at Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackarey and his father, Maharashtra ex-CM Uddhav Thackarey and said that the BJP is "not afraid" of them, and formed a government by poaching 50 MLAs from his party right "under his nose."
"We are not afraid of even his father. We formed a government in the state by taking 50 MLAs from his party under his nose. He had said that Mumbai would burn, but not even a matchstick was burnt," Mr Fadnavis was quoted as saying by ANI.
The winter session of the Maharashtra state assembly was adjourned sine die on Friday. The assembly will convene its budget session from February 27.
Fadnavis' remarks came a day after Aaditya Thackarey said that the state government is scared of a 32-year-old man.
On June 29, former CM Uddhav Thackarey stepped down from his post after the Supreme Court refused to stay Maharashtra Governor's direction to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government to take a floor test in the Assembly.
The political drama in Maharashtra started when Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde, who has claimed the support of more than three dozen party MLAs, raised a banner of revolt against the Shiv Sena leadership.