Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in a press conference in Mumbai on Saturday accused the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government for hounding 'dissenters'. Speaking on the one-year governance of MVA, the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Devendra Fadnavis called the Aghadi government a 'total failure'. Fadnavis took on Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, claiming that despite holding a Constitutional post, he went about 'threatening the people' especially his political opponents. Speaking on Republic TV Founder Arnab Goswami and Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, Fadnavis said that while BJP doesn't fully endorse their views, but at the same time they don't like them being 'hounded' by the Uddhav Thackeray government. 'The two recent court rulings in the Arnab Goswami and Kangana Ranaut cases clearly reflect that there is a breakdown of the Constitutional machinery and abuse of power,' he was quoted as saying by IANS. The BJP leader also said that he had not seen any chief minister in Maharashtra, other than Uddhav Thackeray, who threatened the opposition so much, and said his recent interview to Shiv Sena mouthpiece, 'Saamana' did not befit the constitutional post he held. Devendra Fadnavis further targeted the Thackeray-led coalition for ignoring the plight of the farmers in the state and failing on the Maratha reservation issue. 'The Thackeray government has failed in providing financial assistance to farmers. The government has completely ignored their plight. Cotton, soybean crops got destroyed due to pest attack, but no help was provided to farmers,' Fadnavis said. 'This government has miserably failed in Maratha reservation as well,' he alleged.

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