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Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray (Photo: PTI)
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has once more requested Union minister Nitin Gadkari to go away the BJP if he’s being “insulted”, saying the opposition in Maharashtra would guarantee his victory within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Speaking at a rally at Pusad in jap Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district on Tuesday, Thackeray mentioned individuals like (former Congress chief) Kripashankar Singh, whom the BJP as soon as focused (over alleged corruption), figured within the saffron celebration’s first record of candidates together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, however Gadkari’s title was lacking.
“I had told Gadkari this two days ago, and I am repeating it again. If you are being insulted, leave the BJP and join the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). We will ensure your victory. We will make you a minister when our government comes to power, and it will be a post with powers,” he mentioned.
The opposition MVA contains the Shiv Sena (UBT), Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) and Congress.
Last week, responding to Thackeray’s supply to Gadkari to contest as a candidate of the opposition, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis mocked the Sena (UBT) chief, saying it was like a person on the street providing somebody to make US president.
Gadkari is a distinguished chief of the BJP, however the first record didn’t have names from Maharashtra as seat-sharing discussions between the BJP and its allies weren’t full, Fadnavis had mentioned.
Thackeray, in the meantime, termed the notification of guidelines underneath the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as an “election jumla” (slogan).
Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis and others coming to India (from neighbouring nations) are welcome however the timing of the notification is suspicious as elections can be quickly introduced, the previous Maharashtra CM mentioned.
It has been greater than 4 years because the abrogation of Article 370, however no elections have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir and Kashmiri Pandits haven’t but returned to their properties in Kashmir, he mentioned.
The BJP ought to first convey Kashmiri Pandits again after which implement the CAA, Thackeray mentioned.
In the approaching elections, there’s the BJP which is creating enmity between religions and needs to vary the Constitution, and then again there’s the INDIA bloc which is an alliance of patriots, he mentioned.
“This election will be between ‘desh-bhakt’ (those who love their country) and ‘dvesh bhakt’ (those who preach hatred),” Thackeray mentioned.
Prime Minister Modi has not but discovered time to go to the restive Manipur, he added.
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First Published: Mar 13 2024 | 9:35 AM IST
