New Delhi: Disgruntled Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday (March 5, 2023) as soon as once more hit out on the Election Commission for allotting the get together’s title and image to the insurgent faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and termed the ballot physique a “slave” of these in energy. Thackeray additionally dubbed the EC a “chuna lagav” fee after shedding the get together title and election image “bow and arrow” to Shinde and mentioned that the ballot physique can by no means take away the get together — based by his father late Bal Thackeray — from him.
“You (the Election Commission) have taken away the party name and the symbol from us, but you can’t take away Shiv Sena from me,” Uddhav mentioned throughout a public rally in Ratnagiri district’s Khed.
He additionally mentioned it was Bal Thackeray who stood with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) when it was politically “untouchable”, and dared the previous ally to hunt votes in Maharashtra solely within the title of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with out invoking the Thackeray senior.
Thackeray additionally acknowledged that he “didn’t accept” the EC’s resolution.
“If the Election Commission will not be affected by cataract, it ought to come and see the bottom scenario. The EC is a ‘chuna lagao’ fee and a slave of these in energy. The precept based mostly on which the EC took this resolution is fallacious,’ he reiterated.
He mentioned the get together has appealed within the Supreme Court.
BJP attempting to complete off Shiv Sena
Uddhav Thackeray mentioned the BJP was attempting to “finish off” Shiv Sena brutally and cruelly however will not succeed. He acknowledged that the transfer to destroy Shiv Sena was akin to the assault on the unity of the Marathi folks in addition to Hindus.
He mentioned earlier sadhus and sants was a part of the BJP however the get together is now filled with opportunists.
“The largest number of corrupt people are in BJP. First, they (BJP) accuse the people in the Opposition of corruption. However, those accused of corruption are then inducted into BJP,” he alleged.
“People will have to decide whether they want me or Eknath Shinde. I will accept the verdict of the people but not of the EC. If people say they don’t want me, I will leave just like I had left ‘Varsha’ (the official residence of Maharashtra chief minister after resigning from the post”), Uddhav added.
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Targetting BJP, he mentioned like Eknath Shinde who “stole” my (Uddhav Thackeray’s) father, the BJP has “stolen Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Subhash Chandra Bose because that party has no icons to bank on”.
“When you see someone with a bow and arrow, he is a thief. Will you vote for him (a reference to Shinde)?” he requested the gathering.
He appealed to his Shiv Sainiks to make BJP chunk the mud within the elections in Maharashtra.
