Uddhav Thackeray 'backstabbed' BJP, but got befitting reply: JP Nadda

Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Monday alleged that Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray backstabbed the BJP and compromised with his ideology for the sake of power but got a befitting reply as a new government is now in place in MaharashtraNadda was addressing a Vijay Sankalp rally in Maharashtras Chandrapur district The rally is part of the BJPs plan to win 18 difficult seats from Maharashtra in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections according to a party leaderThackerays party had snapped ties with longterm ally BJP after the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls Thackeray later tiedup with the Nationalist Congress Party NCP and the Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in the stateIn June last year senior Sena leader Eknath Shinde led a revolt against the party leadership following which the Thackeray government collapsed Shinde later became the chief minister with BJPs Devendra Fadnavis as his deputyAlso Read Those who dont have courage to build anything indulge in stealing capturing Uddhav targets Maha CMNadda said during the polls it was clearly mentioned that Delhi mein NarendraMaharashtra mein Devendra and the Shiv Sena gave consent to it at that timeBut when the election results came out they Sena and Thackeray backstabbed us for becoming the chief minister the BJP president saidOne should understand that in politics power goes only towards the truth he said adding that the unnatural alliance MVA did not last longThackeray for the greed of power backstabbed the BJP and supported those against whom former RSS Sarsanghchalak Balasaheb Deoras fought all his life Nadda claimedHe asked the BJP workers whether such people should be forgivenThackeray compromised with his ideology for the sake of power and his government stopped the Ganesh Utsav and Dahi Handi programmes he claimedNadda further said Thackeray hurt the cultural sentiments of Maharashtra and stood with people who refused to understand the importance of the Indian culture in politicsBut they have got a befitting reply for everyone to see and a new government has been formed under the leadership of Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis he saidNadda said Shinde and Fadnavis were taking Maharashtra towards developmentHe also targeted Thackeray over the incident of alleged lynching of three persons in Palghar district in April 2020Uddhav the son of Hindu Samrat Sena founder Bal Thackeray took a step back by not handing over the probe into the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation under pressure from the Congress and NCP he saidFurther targeting the MVA he claimed three shops of corruption had opened in MaharashtraNadda said the BJP is bringing digital cleanliness in politics with JAM JandhanAadhaarMobile and said the MVA is another JAM which implies jointly acquiring moneyNadda also referred to the BJP as DBT facilitating direct benefit transfer to people and claimed the MVA was into dealershipbrokeragetransferHe also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has empowered women and farmers in the country with several welfare schemesNadda said he will do his best to strengthen the BJP right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari north to south and from Kutch to Cuttack west to east but it will start from Chandrapur districtHe also offered prayers at the Mahakali temple in ChandrapurNadda was accompanied Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule National Commission for Backward Classes Chairman Hansraj Ahir and other party leadersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever