Uddhav Thackeray connects the recent departure of six MPs to a larger BJP conspiracy against Devendra Fadnavis. He characterizes the defection as ‘Operation Devendra’—a move allegedly orchestrated to clip Fadnavis’s political wings and prevent him from being a viable contender for the Prime Minister’s post.””Framing the MPs’ exit as ‘Operation Devendra,’ Uddhav Thackeray suggests that the poaching of Shiv Sena (UBT) lawmakers by the Eknath Shinde faction is actually a BJP-led ploy to sideline Devendra Fadnavis and block his national aspirations.”Succinct”Uddhav Thackeray claims the MPs’ defection is a BJP conspiracy, termed ‘Operation Devendra,’ to sabotage Devendra Fadnavis’s Prime Ministerial ambitions.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader made these remarks during his constituency outreach tour following the defection of six of his Lok Sabha MPs to the rival camp. Thackeray claimed that Fadnavis’s own national ambitions were the root cause of this political realignment. Both leaders later publicly sparred over the allegations, with Devendra Fadnavis dismissing the narrative by stating, “I don’t even have wings, so who can clip them”.
News Edit KV Raman

