Mumbai: In a veiled assault on former ally BJP, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday mentioned performing with “lust for power” throughout the coronavirus pandemic will lead to “anarchy”.
Saving lives was crucial factor now, he mentioned.
Participating in a web based interplay, Thackeray mentioned folks would not forgive him if he did not present readability on why he needed energy.
“If people who voted for me do not survive the COVID- 19 pandemic, what is the use of power,” he mentioned.
“Acting with lust for power amid COVID-19 will lead to anarchy,” he mentioned, with out naming the opposition get together.
Becoming chief minister was never his aim, and his promise to his father, Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray on making a Sena employee chief minister “is yet to be fulfilled”, Thackeray mentioned.
“I was never politically inclined. I came into politics to help my father. A pandemic after 100 years happens during my tenure as CM. I have never shied away from responsibility. I am doing what I can to the best of my ability,” he mentioned.
Queried on whether or not the Sena’s alliance with the BJP, which ended on a bitter observe publish the 2019 Assembly polls, might be revived once more, Thackeray mentioned there was a belief deficit within the relations after the demise of BJP leaders Pramod Mahajan and Gopinath Munde.
“The BJP is now Delhi-centric. In an alliance, there has to be openness to air differences and resolve them. My new allies (NCP and Congress) treat me with respect. The MVA is an alliance where we had differences, so we are more open now,” he mentioned.
The alliance with the BJP noticed its “golden period” when the 2 events have been in opposition with the saffron ideology holding them collectively and there was mutual belief and respect, Thackeray added.
To one other query, he mentioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi does name him typically.Â
