Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde opened his speech at NDA key meet with chants of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj and extended support for Narendra Modi as the leader of NDA on behalf of Balasaheb Thackarey’s Shiv Sena. He further claimed that BJP and Shiv Sena are an ideological match, an alliance that can never be broken. He said the opposition spread fake narratives and lost, while ‘vikas’ of Narendra Modi has won.