Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray claimed that defection wave in Maharashtra politics is a calculated effort to keep CM Devendra Fadnavis out of the race for Prime Minister. "This benefits [Eknath] Shinde because his single-point agenda is to become CM again," he said. "Some elements in BJP want Fadnavis in Union cabinet to clip his wings," he added.