‘We are Hindutvawadi, however we aren’t the BJP’s slave’, says Shiv Sena in editorial
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PUNE: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday stated Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s declare of working to fulfil the “dream” of Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray was a ploy to interrupt the Marathi unity in Mumbai the place civic polls are due.
“Why are you seeking votes in the name of Balasaheb? Has your Modi era, Modi wave started receding?” an editorial within the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ requested.
In June this 12 months, Sena MLA Eknath Shinde and 39 different legislators rebelled towards the get together management, resulting in the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra authorities.
Shinde was then sworn in because the chief minister on June 30 together with BJP chief Fadnavis as his deputy.
The editorial stated leaders like Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP at the moment are embracing the “dream of Balasaheb”, however they didn’t bear in mind the late Sena supremo whereas snapping ties with the get together in 2014.
They didn’t bear in mind the desires of Balasaheb whereas going again on the phrase of chief ministerial publish to the Shiv Sena in 2019, it stated.
“Fadnavis’s words are akin to the deceitful invitation of a fox, and people of Mumbai and Thane should be cautious,” the Marathi day by day stated.
“The language of ‘dream of Balasaheb’ used by the BJP is nothing but a ploy to break the Marathi unity in Mumbai and for that they are injuring the Shiv Sena,” it claimed.
The individuals who forgot (BJP veterans) Lal Krishna Advani, Atal Bihar Vajpayee, will they fulfil the desires of Balasaheb? it requested.
Today’s Bharatiya Janata Party is “not the real BJP”, the editorial claimed and requested if the get together, which belonged to Vajpayee and Advani, actually exists.
“The BJP of Vajpayee was all about keeping the promise but it is not there now and that is why we left such BJP (alliance) and set out on a different path of “Hindutva”.
“Our political stand is still the same. We are Hindutvawadi, but we are not the BJP’s slave. We are honest servants of Maharashtra, not the ‘charandas’ (servant) of Delhi,” the Sena stated.
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Further hitting out at Fadnavis, it stated he’s repeatedly chanting the identify of Balasaheb.
“He is saying give us votes in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections and we (BJP) will fulfil Balasaheb’s dreams. What is this sham? Which dream of Balsaheb are you going to fulfil?” it requested.
“Your dream of creating a split in the Shiv Sena, was it the dream of Balasaheb?”, it requested.
Fadnavis was “wise and profound” however that standing is now denigrated within the firm of the Eknath Shinde faction, it claimed.
He (Fadnavis) doesn’t converse on the problem of the state, he solely speaks on the Shiv Sena.
“When Fadnavis was going and breaking Dahi Handis in Mumbai, thus competing with the Shiv Sena, at the same time threat messages were received from terrorists that they would launch an attack like 26/11,” the editorial stated.
Who doesn’t need festivals like Dahi Handi, but when life is there, something will be achieved, it stated.
In the final two years, restrictions had been imposed on festivals by Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to COVID-19, the editorial stated.
“Today you say there are no restrictions on festivals. We improved the health of Maharashtra by making it COVID-free and gave the state to you,” it stated.
On the day of Dahi Handi, 1,500 COVID-19 instances had been reported, the editorial stated, however didn’t specify the place these infections had been recorded.
PUNE: The Shiv Sena on Tuesday stated Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s declare of working to fulfil the “dream” of Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray was a ploy to interrupt the Marathi unity in Mumbai the place civic polls are due.
“Why are you seeking votes in the name of Balasaheb? Has your Modi era, Modi wave started receding?” an editorial within the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ requested.
In June this 12 months, Sena MLA Eknath Shinde and 39 different legislators rebelled towards the get together management, resulting in the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra authorities.
Shinde was then sworn in because the chief minister on June 30 together with BJP chief Fadnavis as his deputy.
The editorial stated leaders like Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP at the moment are embracing the “dream of Balasaheb”, however they didn’t bear in mind the late Sena supremo whereas snapping ties with the get together in 2014.
They didn’t bear in mind the desires of Balasaheb whereas going again on the phrase of chief ministerial publish to the Shiv Sena in 2019, it stated.
“Fadnavis’s words are akin to the deceitful invitation of a fox, and people of Mumbai and Thane should be cautious,” the Marathi day by day stated.
“The language of ‘dream of Balasaheb’ used by the BJP is nothing but a ploy to break the Marathi unity in Mumbai and for that they are injuring the Shiv Sena,” it claimed.
The individuals who forgot (BJP veterans) Lal Krishna Advani, Atal Bihar Vajpayee, will they fulfil the desires of Balasaheb? it requested.
Today’s Bharatiya Janata Party is “not the real BJP”, the editorial claimed and requested if the get together, which belonged to Vajpayee and Advani, actually exists.
“The BJP of Vajpayee was all about keeping the promise but it is not there now and that is why we left such BJP (alliance) and set out on a different path of “Hindutva”.
“Our political stand is still the same. We are Hindutvawadi, but we are not the BJP’s slave. We are honest servants of Maharashtra, not the ‘charandas’ (servant) of Delhi,” the Sena stated.
ALSO READ | Uddhav vs Shinde: SC refers petitions filed by rival Shiv Sena factions to structure bench
Further hitting out at Fadnavis, it stated he’s repeatedly chanting the identify of Balasaheb.
“He is saying give us votes in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections and we (BJP) will fulfil Balasaheb’s dreams. What is this sham? Which dream of Balsaheb are you going to fulfil?” it requested.
“Your dream of creating a split in the Shiv Sena, was it the dream of Balasaheb?”, it requested.
Fadnavis was “wise and profound” however that standing is now denigrated within the firm of the Eknath Shinde faction, it claimed.
He (Fadnavis) doesn’t converse on the problem of the state, he solely speaks on the Shiv Sena.
“When Fadnavis was going and breaking Dahi Handis in Mumbai, thus competing with the Shiv Sena, at the same time threat messages were received from terrorists that they would launch an attack like 26/11,” the editorial stated.
Who doesn’t need festivals like Dahi Handi, but when life is there, something will be achieved, it stated.
In the final two years, restrictions had been imposed on festivals by Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to COVID-19, the editorial stated.
“Today you say there are no restrictions on festivals. We improved the health of Maharashtra by making it COVID-free and gave the state to you,” it stated.
On the day of Dahi Handi, 1,500 COVID-19 instances had been reported, the editorial stated, however didn’t specify the place these infections had been recorded.
