‘Bal Thackeray taunted Sharad Pawar but his son….’ Ex-Maha CM Fadnavis takes dig at Uddhav

Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday hit out at Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and mentioned that whereas Bal Thackeray at all times taunted NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Uddhav grew to become a chief minister by bowing earlier than him (Pawar).

Hitting out at Uddhav, the senior BJP chief additionally likened the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities within the state to the Babri mosque construction and mentioned he wouldn’t relaxation until the Shiv Sena-led dispensation was introduced down from energy.

The Shiv Sena doesn’t imply Mumbai, Maharashtra, or Hindutva, he mentioned, including that no person can separate Mumbai from the state, however he desires to free town from “corruption and misdeeds”.

He was addressing ‘Hindi Bhashi Mahasankalp Sabha’ organized by the BJP’s North Indian cell in suburban Goregaon, a day after CM Thackeray’s rally within the metropolis, the place he slammed Fadnavis and the BJP. Fadnavis’s rally started with the chanting of Hanuman Chalisa.

Elections to a number of civic our bodies within the state, together with Mumbai, the place the Shiv Sena has dominated for greater than 25 years, are due this 12 months.

Describing Thackeray’s rally as a “laughter present”, Fadnavis mentioned, “This man has by no means spoken in regards to the state’s improvement, progress and welfare of the individuals within the final two-and-a-half years (of his rule).” “One does not develop into a tiger simply by clicking images of tigers. There is just one tiger now – Narendra Modi,” he mentioned.

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Throughout his rally, Thackeray had focused Fadnavis for saying that he was in Ayodhya throughout the demolition of the Babri mosque.

“In case you had tried to climb the Babri mosque, it might have collapsed below your weight,” the chief minister had mentioned.

Referring to it, the Chief of Opposition within the state Meeting mentioned he weighs 102 kilos now, whereas again in 1992 his weight was 128 kilos and reiterated that he was part of the ‘kar seva’ in Ayodhya at the moment.

“I cannot relaxation until I convey down the Babri construction of your energy,” Fadnavis mentioned. Asking whether or not Thackeray contributed to any motion or agitation, the BJP chief additionally taunted him saying that throughout the pandemic, Thackeray was stay on Fb, whereas he was “alive and on the sphere”.

Hitting out on the chief minister, the BJP chief mentioned Shiv Sena speaks a few ploy to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra when it has no difficulty to spotlight.

“Who can dare to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra? We need to free Mumbai out of your corruption and misdeeds.
Shiv Sena does not imply Mumbai, Maharashtra, or Hindutva,” he mentioned.

Questioning what would Sena founder Bal Thackeray have mentioned in regards to the prevailing scenario in Maharashtra, “the place reciting Hanuman Chalisa is sedition whereas visiting Aurangzeb’s tomb is protocol”, Fadnavis mentioned, “That is shameful.”

He questioned why Thackeray didn’t converse throughout his rally about COVID-19 deaths within the state, the lynching of sadhus in Palghar, the homicide of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiran, allegations in opposition to former residence minister Anil Deshmukh, ED’s arrest of NCP minister Nawab Malik and misappropriation of funds by a Sena chief within the Mumbai civic physique.

“Shiv Sena sought votes in our identify however fashioned the federal government by becoming a member of arms with the Congress to get the chief minister’s submit (after the 2019 Meeting polls). In 1975 additionally, the Sena had supported the Emergency imposed by the then Congress authorities,” he added.

(With PTI Inputs)

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