Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a dig at NCP (SP) head Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, saying the Maharashtra assembly election results showed them their place.

“Sharad Pawar started politics of ‘daga-phatka’ (betrayal and treachery) in Maharashtra in 1978, which was rejected by people in 2024 (elections). Similarly, the politics of the dynasty and the betrayal of Uddhav Thackeray was also rejected. People showed Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray their place in 2024 polls,” Shah said.

He also said that the state “rejected the politics of dynasty” and “betrayal” by Pawar and Thackeray.

“People of Maharashtra showed that Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena is Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s faction is the real NCP. People of Maharashtra have also rejected politics of betrayal of Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray,” the home minister said.