New Delhi: Asserting that Shiv Sena is a “Hindutvavadi” party, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday rejected AIMIM’s offer for an alliance calling it a “conspiracy” by the opposition BJP to defame the Sena, which heads the Maha Vikas Aghahdi (MVA) government.
Lashing out at RSS and BJP for describing his party as Janab Sena, Thackeray asked if Khan or Janab should be added to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s name.
Urging Sainiks to expose BJP’s and RSS’s love for Muslims, he added: “People need to be shown that BJP’s Hindutva is a hoax… We have seen how many pro-Pakistan things took place in whose tenure…Should we call them the Pakistan Janta Party or Hizbul Janata Party?” he asked, while virtually addressing Sena functionaries including 19 MPs ahead of the party’s outreach programme in Marathwada and Vidarbha, Times of India reported.
“In the past, they used to say Islam is under threat, but now they are saying Hindus are under threat…to spread fear…Shiv Sena is being called Janab Sena. We have not given up Hindutva. Looking at the game, MIM has offered to join the MVA for no reason… This is the real trick. The MIM would make the offer and then BJP would launch a barrage of criticism saying Sena has walked away from Hindutva…We are not helpless for power like the BJP. It is unthinkable to go with MIM,” he was quoted as saying.
In a veiled reference to the probe against former CM Devendra Fadnavis in the alleged police transfer leak case, Thackeray said BJP leaders were angry though police were recording their statements and were alleging murder of democracy.
He also hit out at governor BS Koshyari for not approving MVA’s 12 nominations to the state legislative council.
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