Time to stand up against BJP’s “corruption washing machine”: Team Uddhav

Mumbai:

Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray-led group on Monday said the time has come to stand against the “corruption washing machine” of the Bharatiya Janata Party to save the country, citing a letter written by opposition leaders to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Exposed the “authoritarian”. Administration”.

In an editorial published in its mouthpiece Saamana, the Shiv Sena said that troubling the opposition and staying in power is not auspicious for democracy.

Leaders of nine opposition parties, including Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and K Chandrasekhar Rao, have written to the Prime Minister alleging “blatant misuse” of central agencies against members of the opposition.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray are the signatories from Maharashtra.

“Now is the time to stand up against BJP’s ‘corruption washing machine’ and save the country.” A letter signed by several opposition leaders including former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thrown light on the authoritarian rule of the country, Saamana said.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav camp) leaders often use the “washing machine” analogy to target the BJP for inducting “corrupt” leaders into that party and giving them “protection”.

The letter highlights the increase in action against opposition leaders since 2014, when the BJP came to power in the country. But leaders facing corruption charges who joined the BJP never faced action. Most of such cases were false. said the editorial.

The Uddhav Thackeray group said the country was witnessing “unprecedented chaos” under the Modi government.

“Autonomous government institutions are being privatized. This is more dangerous than Al Qaeda and Taliban. Election Commission of India is wagging its tail in front of BJP, that’s why Supreme Court ordered three member committee for this Have given.” future appointments,” it said.

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“Harassing the opposition and staying in power is not good for democracy,” the editorial said.

The Uddhav Thackeray camp also questioned the BJP’s criticism of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his speech at Cambridge University in which he said Indian democracy is under attack and many politicians, including himself, are under surveillance.

“If he brought disrepute to the country, then one needs to ask whether the claims made by Narendra Modi during his speeches during his previous foreign visits against Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and their regimes have brought the country Weren’t you defaming?” the editorial asked.

The Shiv Sena faction alleges that corruption cases against BJP leaders are being suppressed.

“It is now clear that the BJP which has accumulated thousands of crores of rupees through corrupt practices, has invested (money) through (Gautam) Adani and converted them into white cash. Several PSU banks and LIC lost their investment. PM Modi talks against corruption, but this is the most corrupt governance,” the editorial said.

The Uddhav Thackeray-led camp also claimed that despite Rs 8 crore cash being found at the residence of a BJP MLA in Karnataka, the CBI and ED are still nowhere to be seen. No BJP leader is ready to talk about it. ,