BJP would not maintain Hindutva patent: Uddhav, says Bal Thackeray led saffron agenda

By PTI

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday stated the BJP would not maintain “patent” on Hindutva and claimed that the late Sena supremo Bal Thackeray had confirmed BJP that the mixture of “saffron and Hindutva” will assist in attaining energy in Centre.

Thackeray additionally stated Sena has all the time been dedicated to the “bhagva” (saffron) and Hindutva “unlike BJP which had different names like Bharatiya Jan Sangh and Jan Sangh which propagated different ideologies”.

Joining just about the marketing campaign for Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) candidate Jayashree Jadhav, who belongs to Congress, for the April 12 bypoll from the Kolhapur North seat, Thackeray additionally blamed BJP for the defeat of the Shiv Sena nominee from the constituency within the 2019 polls regardless of the alliance between the 2 events at the moment.

He puzzled if BJP had had a hidden alliance with Congress on this constituency within the 2019 polls.

“The BJP doesn’t have the patent for Hindutva. I wonder had Lord Ram not been born what issue the BJP would have raised in politics. Since BJP is bereft of issues it is talking about religion and (spreading) hatred,” Thackeray stated.

Thackeray stated it was his father Bal Thackeray who had proven them (BJP) that saffron and Hindutva will lead them on the highway to Delhi.

Speaking on the Kolhapur North bypoll, Thackeray stated that votes of Congress elevated within the 2019 polls ((in Kolhapur North) in comparison with the 2014 elections which resulted within the defeat of Shiv Sena’s nominee regardless of the alliance with the BJP.

“Where did the BJP’s votes go in 2019? Did you (BJP) have a hidden alliance with Congress at that time?” Thackeray requested.

Thackeray additionally stated that if the BJP claims to respect Bal Thackeray then why is that get together opposing the proposal to call the upcoming Navi Mumbai worldwide airport after the late Sena founder.

“Why has the BJP gone back on its word and commitment given by (Union Home Minister) Amit Shah in Balasaheb’s room which I consider a temple,” Thackeray requested, in an obvious reference to his declare that BJP had promised the CM’s put up to Sena within the 2019 polls.

The subject of sharing the chief minister’s put up after the state elections in 2019 led to the break up between the Sena and the BJP. The BJP and Shah had rejected Thackeray’s claims concerning the purported promise on the CM’s put up.

Thackeray, whose get together heads the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities which incorporates NCP and Congress, additionally stated that the MVA alliance experiment is profitable. “This is the reason that Sena didn’t stake the claim for the Kolhapur North seat,” he stated.

Thackeray stated MVA companions mentioned in a latest assembly if they’re falling quick. “We realised that it is not the governance and administration we are lacking but we are falling short in spreading lies,” he stated in a dig at BJP.

Thackeray stated that votes of Congress elevated within the 2019 polls (in Kolhapur North) in comparison with the 2014 elections which resulted within the defeat of Shiv Sena’s nominee regardless of the alliance with the BJP at the moment.

“The BJP had severed ties with Sena in the 2014 elections. In that election, the Sena candidate won 69,736 votes in the Kolhapur North assembly segment while the BJP secured 40,104 votes. Congress polled 47,315 votes.” For 2019 polls, Shiv Sena and BJP joined fingers as soon as once more however the Sena nominee bagged 75,854 votes, a meagre rise of 5,000-6,000 votes.

The Congress candidate secured 91,000 votes. “I want to ask where did BJP’s 40,000 votes go? Who will clarify if these votes were transferred to Congress? Shiv Sena plays its politics openly and is not a backstabber,” the Sena chief stated.

In the 2019 meeting elections, Congress candidate Chandrakant Jadhav defeated then Shiv Sena MLA Rajesh Kshirsagar to win the Kolhapur North phase.

Jadhav’s dying necessitated the April 12 byelection. MVA candidate Jayashree Jadhav, spouse of the late Jadhav, will face BJP’s Satyajit Kadam within the upcoming bypoll.

The contest is seen as the primary direct face-off between Congress and BJP after the Sena determined to not stake a declare for the Kolhapur North constituency.