Eknath Shinde in Vadnagar for PM Modi’s birthday celebrations
“When I became Maharashtra chief minister in 2022, I removed that speed breaker.
Gandhinagar: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi focuses only on his work to take the country forward and “does not even look” at those in the opposition who keep levelling allegations. PM Modi focuses only on his work to take the country forward and never pays attention to allegations,” Shinde said citing the phrase about elephants marching ahead but omitting the part on ‘barking dogs’. Shinde also said the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project would immensely help both states, adding that the Maha Vikas Aghadi govt under Uddhav Thackeray had stalled work on it. The project will be immensely beneficial not just for Gujarat and Mumbai, but for the rest of Maharashtra as well,” he said.
He was in Vadnagar to participate in the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan to mark the PM’s 76th birthday. He was answering media queries on Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray ’s frequent attacks on Modi, the BJP and the Devendra Fadnavis govt in Maharashtra. “They level countless allegations against Modiji, but he doesn’t even look at them. The Opposition’s job is to raise questions and level allegations, while govt’s job is to deliver development and bring change to people’s lives, he added. “The Opposition keeps levelling allegations against us too, but we continue to do our work. We answer their allegations with our work, that’s it,” asserted Shinde, whose Shiv Sena is part of the Mahayuti govt in Maharashtra. I lifted the stay. Then the bullet train work started progressing rapidly like a bullet.