Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray called BJP “Dagabaz Mitra” on Saturday, saying that kind enemies are better than treacherous friends. Mr Thackeray held a meeting with the regional president, all MPs of the Party and the MLA before the election of local agencies including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). He directed the party office sponsors to prepare for the upcoming civic elections. The head of Shiv Sena (UBT) also said the BJP’s ship would sink because it was overloaded and claimed that Amit Shah was the leader of three parties, including Shiv Sena, led by Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar.
Chief Shiv Sena (UBT) has returned to India from a foreign tour and addressed his party’s office sponsors and legislators in the context of instructions from the Supreme Court to the State Election Commission (SEC) to conduct a poll of local agencies in Maharashtra over the next four months. He said his party was not a sunken ship, but the BJP was.
“Treacherous friend is more dangerous than a big-hearted enemy. With the help of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray’s Hindutva, the BJP expanded its roots in the state. We never demanded anything. But they (BJP leaders) betrayed us and used our people to ruin the party. When the son of Balasaheb Thackeray became the chief minister; the BJP hatched a conspiracy to destroy Shiv Sena and Uddhav Thackeray,” Mr Thackeray said.
Mr Thackeray digs out the leaders who left the party, whose party has handed it all over to some leaders who have now changed their loyalty. “We should not bother with them, but focus on our battles,” he said.
The head of Shiv Sena (UBT) said that for months, the local body company and Zilla Parishad will hold elections and the party’s preparations will begin immediately. However, the head of Shiv Sena (UBT) did not talk about a possible alliance with the MNS led by his estranged cousin Raj Thackeray.
Speaking about Pakistan’s recent Pahalgam terrorist attack in Kashmir, the head of Shiv Sena also said Kashmir will always stay in the country. “The BJP will be done in the country, but Kashmir will remain with us forever,” he said.
Mr Thackeray also made it clear that there was an ideological difference with the BJP, but Sena (UBT) would support Prime Minister Narendra Modi whenever a national crisis occurred. “We are not against the country, but the government,” Tacree said.
