Mumbai, July 14 -- Maharashtra Revenue Minister and BJP leader Chandrakant Bawankule today said that leaders and workers from Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) are joining the BJP not because of any inducement or pressure, but because Uddhav Thackeray himself is not in touch with his grassroots workers.
"Uddhav doesn't meet his workers. He's unable to take care of them. That's why they are coming to BJP on their own,", Bawankule said. "We are neither luring anyone nor threatening them to join us," he said.
"The BJP's strength lies in its active outreach and grassroots work. We have 137 MLAs who are constantly in touch with the people and solving their problems. That's the reason the party is growing," he added.
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