Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Sunday, said that by looking at the huge support that his ‘Mahajanadesh Yatra’ is receiving, he believes that the BJP will have an “unprecedented” victory in the upcoming state Assembly polls. According to Fadnavis, his yatra has covered over 3,000 km and reached out to over 100 constituencies (out of the total 288) in the state so far.

Yatra is being welcomed by all: Fadnavis

“Wherever we go, the yatra is being welcomed by people and getting a huge response. Looking at the people’s support, we are sure that we will get an unprecedented victory in the Assembly polls,” he told media.

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Fadnavis, on Saturday, visited several tehsils of Pune district as part of the third leg of his ‘Mahajanadesh Yatra’. When asked about the huge hoardings put on routes of the yatra, he said if the party workers think that putting up such banners will help them in getting the ticket (for the upcoming polls), “it is not so”.

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Aarey does not come under bio-diversity or forest land: Fadnavis

Talking about the issue of felling of trees in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony to make way for a Metro car shed, he said that even though it is a fact that there are trees in the area, it neither comes under bio-diversity nor is it a forest land.

“Japan is funding the project and they never do funding unless the project is sustainable,” he said. He further claimed that the state has received maximum investment in the country and as far as direct employment is concerned, the state is on the first position.

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The Mumbai civic body recently gave a ‘go-ahead’ to cut over 2,600 trees for setting up a Metro car shed in Aarey Colony, the sprawling green belt of Mumbai. The decision received a lot of backlash and many environmentalists have been opposing the proposed tree felling. In fact, several Bollywood personalities and politicians have also extended their support to the activists.

Fadnavis had earlier started his mass contact programme from Amravati in Vidarbha on August 1. He, however, suspended it on August 6 in view of rains wreaking havoc in parts of the state, even as the opposition charged him with giving priority to his campaign.

He later resumed his yatra from August 21. In the first and second phases of his yatra, he covered areas in the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions.

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(With PTI inputs)