Addressing the anniversary of Shiv Sena Dussehra Rally At Shanmukhanand Auditorium in Sion on Friday, Thackeray praised West Bengal for taking up the Modi regime during the state assembly elections and indicated that Maharashtra The same strategy may require removing a card.
Thackeray, who leads a three-party alliance comprising central probe agencies like ED and IT, breathing down his neck, went all out for targeting the BJP in a speech , which seemed to be a prelude to his campaign ahead of the civic polls in Mumbai.
Uddhav waved the color of Hindutva, said- we are like RSS
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that Hindutva is under threat from none other than neo-Hindus who are using the word to come to power. “They are now following the British policy of divide and rule to remain in power.”
Thackeray said that under the Constitution, the states and the Center have equal powers and the states do not have to give their authority before the Centre. He alleged that the BJP-led Center was trying to destabilize Maharashtra by conducting IT raids to “fix” the state’s leaders.
“At a time when companies are leaving China and Maharashtra is trying to attract them, even in the pandemic, they are trying defame Maharashtra by creating drug consignment And catching some celebrities,” he said.
“They sent CSR funds to Gujarat, central departments are giving funds to RSS and pro-BJP organizations… found at Mundra port in Gujarat,” said Thackeray.
He praised the Mumbai Police for confiscating drugs worth Rs 150 crore, “while they (NCB) made a big deal about sniffing a few grams and taking pictures with the caught celebrities.”
Thackeray challenged the BJP to topple his government. “They are working very hard. But I give them the courage to topple my government. You are hiding behind CBI, ED and Income Tax departments.” Invoking a sense of Maharashtrian pride against the alleged attack by the Centre, he said, “Like West Bengal, Maharashtra should be war ready and not back down. . They will divide us on the basis of caste. But we have to come together as Marathi Manush. Not only Marathi manush, we also have to bring non-Marathis along. Hindu unity is important against them.”
Political experts say the call for potential vote bank mobilization is a sign of an impending challenge that will test the resilience of the Shiv Sena and the BJP and the popularity of castes and communities in the city.
Trying to differentiate between the RSS’s worldview and the politics followed by the BJP, Thackeray insisted that he was not criticizing RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. He said that Hindutva of Shiv Sena and Hindutva of RSS are same. “We have the same ideology. But it seems your students have forgotten what Hindutva is. Had the Shiv Sena not been there during the 1992-93 riots, perhaps these leaders would not have been here today. They were all hidden… on the street. It was only Shiv Sena.
BJP has not understood both Savarkar and Gandhi. We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of our independence, but these people were not part of the freedom movement.” Thackeray also took a dig at Prime Minister Modi, saying he was not a “fakir”.
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