India, Jan. 15 -- After a spree of robust campaigning, deputy chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde took a pause to speak to Surendra P Gangan and Yogesh Naik about how the Thackeray cousins had set up a fake narrative about the Marathi manoos being under threat, "although they did not do anything for the sons of soil", while the Mahayuti was "facing the electorate displaying all the development work it had done".

Excerpts from the interview:

After your mutiny in June 2022, you fought Lok Sabha and got modest success; you did well in the Assembly polls too, and now the Mumbai civic polls is like the final frontier in your fight with Uddhav Thackeray to claim the legacy of Shiv Sena. Are you confident of winning the traditiona...