Uddhav Thackeray calls for Opposition unity to defeat Modi govt; says alternative will emerge on its own

Shiv Sena UBT president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday made a pitch for opposition unity in order to defeat the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said an alternative would emerge on its ownAddressing the Maha Vikas Aghadis MVA joint Vajramuth rally the former chief minister hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP saying its addiction to power was destroying the countryYou just need to press the button of EVM to create a revolution Freedom fighters and revolutionaries walked to the gallows to achieve freedom They did not bother who will be the prime minister or the president They laid down their lives for the people of the country and not to bring BJP to power he saidWhy should you bother who will be the alternative Someone will emergebut we need to pledge that we will not allow a government which is unjust he said adding that PM Modi should tell people what he has done for the country during his tenureThackeray said people should be aware of how religious issues are raked up to distract their attention from core issuesAlso Read Event was not properly planned Uddhav Thackeray after 11 people died during Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremonyThackerays comments on alternatives to PM Modi and his government assumes significance as efforts for opposition unity are on Congress general secretary K C Venugopal and Rahul Gandhi are likely to meet him in Mumbai soonThe former CM also questioned the silence of PM Modi on the Hindenburg report on billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani and also the reported revelations of former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal MalikUSbased Hindenburg Research has alleged stock manipulation and accounting fraud in firms belonging to AdaniIf the Hindenburg report is not true why are you shaken Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified and now Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal might be arrested he saidThe MVA government in Maharashtra was running well Thackeray said adding that the BJP couldnt wait for completion of the governments term to make a bid for forming the next oneThe former CM also targeted the BJP whose minister Chandrakant Patil recently said the Shiv Sena had nothing to do with the Ayodhya movementWhen the Babri mosque was demolished there was chaos in the BJP camp But Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray declared that if a Shivsainik was involved he was proud Thackeray said and demanded to know if the Rashtriaya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS agreed with the views of Chandrakant PatilIf Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was a real ram bhakt he would have gone to Ayodhya and not Surat and Guwahati Did Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis go to Ayodhya when he was chief minister he askedFollowing his rebellion against Thackeray in June 2022 Shinde and his supporting MLAs had first gone to Surat in Gujarat and Guwahati in Assam before returning to MaharashtraThackeray also justified his recent remark in which he dubbed Fadnavis as worthless saying that even though he chooses his words carefully he did use the term for the deputy CM as a woman member of his party was mercilessly attacked for a critical comment against the government on social mediaThackeray said Union Home Minister Amit Shah is always critical of dynastiesBut today he was in Mumbai to honour a dynasty working for the society he said referring to the Maharashtra Bhushan award presented to social worker Appasaheb DharmadhikariReferring to the attendance of people in large numbers at the Vajramuth rally Thackeray said the huge gathering shows that people were satisfied with the MVA rule but still it was toppled through betrayal and backstabbing which is not tolerated in MaharashtraThackeray also took a dig at the BJP saying its Hindutva was gomutra dhariAfter the Aurangabad rally of the MVA earlier this month BJP sprinkled gomutra cow urine at the venue Many Muslims attended that rally and even today many Muslims are attending Arent they humans I am being accused of giving up Hindutva because I joined hands with Congress Are there no Hindus in Congress he askedThackeray also asked whether it was okay when RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat goes to a mosqueCongress leader Sunil Kedar was the organiser of the rallyFormer chief minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan who spoke on the occasion said the country was at a stage where its prime minister misled people and refused to answer questionsLets take a pledge that we will not rest till he PM answers questions on Adani and Satyapal Maliks reported revelations he saidState Nationalist Congress Party NCP president Jayant Patil said the state government fears going to the people and hence it was delaying local body electionsIf the government feels it is popular it should hold elections he saidIn the last 10 months the Shindeled government has not brought a single new project to the state he allegedState Congress chief Nana Patole said the BJP tried its best to ensure the MVA rally was not held in NagpurThe speakers at the rally targeted the state government accusing it of failing to provide relief to farmers whose crops were damaged in the recent unseasonal rains and hailstormFormer CM Ashok Chavan did not attend the rally and he tweeted about his unavailability citing political engagements in Nanded while senior Congress leader Nitin Raut who hails from Nagpur was conspicuous by his absenceThis 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