It is said that he never mentioned inflation, hike in fuel prices in his speeches and instead raised communal issues
It is said that he never mentioned inflation, hike in fuel prices in his speeches and instead raised communal issues
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday that Maharashtra Nanirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray was fulfilling the responsibility given by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by not talking about livelihood issues and raising communal issues. are visible.
“I don’t know if there is any agreement between them or not. But he is not uttering a word against BJP. There is also a possibility that he is performing the responsibility assigned to him. People are suffering from inflation, hike in fuel prices, but if a leader does not even mention it in his speech, it is self-evident,” Mr Pawar said.
A day after Mr Thackeray attacked the NCP and Mr Pawar in particular, he was interacting with the media. The MNS chief asked the state government to remove loudspeakers from mosques by May 3, when Eid would be celebrated.
“I appeal to the people of Maharashtra not to indulge in communal politics. Issues of livelihood, inflation, price rise are more important,” Mr Pawar said.
Referring to the writings of Mr. Thackeray’s grandfather and social reformer Prabodhankar Thackeray, who had slammed religious extremism through his writings, the NCP chief taunted, “We read Prabodhankar. He may not have family members. ,
Mr Thackeray, in his speech on Tuesday, had attacked Mr Pawar for including casteism in Maharashtra politics and accused him of not naming Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for fear of losing the Muslim vote. “What can I tell the person who doesn’t even read the newspaper?” He asked.
He said that he did not agree with the late Babasaheb Purandare who had given credit to Chhatrapati’s subordinate Dadaji Kondadev for the upbringing of the Maharaja. “In fact, it was Rajmata Jijau who transformed Maharaj into a warrior. It was the reference to Purandare that was mentioned in James Line’s book that distorted the history of Shivaji Maharaj in an ugly way. Purandare never clarified his position. Therefore, I have no problem in saying that I have differences with Purandare’s writings.”
Laine’s book, ‘Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India’ created controversy in Maharashtra after making objectionable references to Shivaji’s mother’s chastity.