Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Express Photo Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Express Photo

The Shiv Sena, part of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra, has hinted in its party mouthpiece that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had a hand in the recent ouster of senior minister Eknath Khadse from the government.

“Khadse thought this Johnny-come-lately (Devendra Fadnavis) knows little about politics. Jalgaon’s Nathabhu felt that he was the government. However, he never realised this yesterday’s lad was packing the firecracker with gunpowder,” an editorial in Saamana has said.

It said the ACB had been behind Khadse’s PA Gajanan Patil for the past six months, but Khadse had no clue about it. “By this, we understand the secrecy in the working style of Fadnavis,” the editorial said.

“The pride of how he was the one who informed the Sena of the alliance being called off was always there on Khadse’s face. All those who have crossed path with the Sena have either been flattened or gone to jail,” Saamana said.

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