Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray alleged that a trap was set for him ahead of his Ayodhya visit, claiming on Sunday that he deliberately stopped his tour of the holy city as he did not want False cases should be registered against them. MNS worker.
Speaking at Ganesh Kala Krida Kendra in Pune on Sunday, he said, “MNS workers were to be accused of false cases, they went to Ayodhya with me. But I did not fall into this trap because I did not want my MNS workers to remain in jails there. i can tolerate criticism [for postponing the Ayodhya visit]But I won’t let go of my kids [MNS workers] Get stuck there.”
However, lest he be misunderstood on his Hindutva stance, the MNS leader asked Prime Minister Modi to bring a uniform civil code and a law on population control, as well as renaming Aurangabad as ‘Sambhajinagar’ (Shivaji’s son, Chhatrapati). After Sambhaji). as soon as possible .
old issue raised
Taking a jibe at Uttar Pradesh BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, who has vociferously opposed Mr Thackeray’s entry into the holy city of Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, he said he was first of all sorry for the past misbehavior with the MNS’s reply. Indians, the MNS chief asked: “Why after 14-15 years have some people woken up to the fact that I should apologize for the alleged misbehavior with North Indians? Where were these leaders at this time?”
Mr Singh had sought an apology from Mr Thackeray before going to Ayodhya due to a 2008 incident when MNS workers misbehaved with North Indians. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists assaulted several North Indian candidates across the state during a railway recruitment exam in 2008, demanding that local Maharashtrians be given jobs.
In his address, Mr Thackeray defended the events of 2008, insisting that the scuffle started when one of the job aspirants allegedly misbehaved with an MNS worker.
‘Bal Thackeray’s credibility’ ruined
Mr Thackeray started a diary against both Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and his cousin, Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray. Hitting out at the chief minister, Raj Thackeray accused his cousin of “destroying” the credibility of late (Shiv Sena founder) Bal Thackeray, continuing the Shiv Sena’s alliance with the NCP and Congress.
“Aditya Thackeray says Balasaheb would have been happy to see Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance today [of the Sena, the NCP and the Congress], Sharad Pawar says that we [Bal Thackeray and himself] Used to fight in the morning and eat together in the night… Shiv Sena workers don’t know that these people are destroying the credibility of Bal Thackeray.”
Aurangabad name change
Terming Uddhav Thackeray’s claims of Shiv Sena being the original ‘Hindutva’ party as ‘completely hollow’, Raj Thackeray demanded why Aurangabad was not renamed ‘Sambhajinagar’ despite Shiv Sena being the main voter on the issue.
Despite being in power for so many years, you [Uddhav Thackeray and the Sena] Renaming Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar hasn’t solved the problem because you want to keep it alive for every election… Do you think ‘Hindutva’ is like selling washing powder like Army’s ‘Hindutva’ is a ‘pure’ ‘ Detergent hai which will wash clothes is better,’ Mr Raj Thackeray said while mocking Uddhav Thackeray’s ‘Hindutva’ with BJP and MNS.
Commenting that the Hindu community wants results, the MNS chief said that unlike the Shiv Sena, his party actually worked on the ground. Taking credit for the issue of loudspeakers, he said that for the first time in the history of Maharashtra, azaan Loudspeakers in mosques were turned off (for Muslims to pray) and the noise decibels dropped significantly.
“Show me a movement on an issue which the MNS has halved. We closed 64 tolls which were troubling the public. Was it not the responsibility of other parties to speak on this issue? We did not allow Pakistani artistes to perform at a time when there was tension between the two countries. When Raza Academy rioted with outside Muslims, only MNS took out a rally against them. But have you ever agitated on the streets like us or do? [Uddhav Thackeray] Is there even a single case registered against you in any case?” Asked Raj Thackeray, accusing Uddhav Thackeray of not taking a stand on anything.
Bonhomie with Ranasi
He lambasted the recent friendship between Sena MP Sanjay Raut and the Rana couple in Ladakh after all the political drama that took place between the Sena and Navneet and Ravi Rana. Hanuman Chalisa Outside Uddhav Thackeray’s private residence ‘Matoshree’. The couple was arrested and charged with treason. A few days later, Mr Raut, who was part of a study tour with the Ranas, was seen exchanging happiness with the couple.
“What Matoshree A Mosque to text Hanuman Chalisa, The allegations and counter-allegations between the Shiv Sena on the one hand and the Ranas on the other led to so much drama and turmoil that in Ladakh, Sanjay Raut was seen having lunch with them and walking hand-in-hand with Ravi Rana. Do Shiv Sena workers not feel anything about this?” MNS chief said
Similarly, he criticized the inaction of the MVA after AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi’s ‘reverential’ visit to Aurangzeb’s tomb.
“How can you sit and do nothing while this AIMIM leader comes and bows before Aurangzeb, who tried to kill Chhatrapati Shivaji? Why Sharad Pawar considers Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb as a “Sufi Saint”? Who is providing funds for the maintenance of the graves of those who tried to kill Chhatrapati Shivaji?” He asked Shiv Sena’s Hindutva as “completely hollow”.