Amit Shah accuses Uddhav Thackeray of betraying BJP for CM’s post after 2019 Maharashtra polls; slams Rahul Gandhi for remarks abroad

NANDED: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray of betraying the BJP for the chief minister’s post after the Maharashtra Assembly elections in 2019 by joining hands with Nationalist Congress Party and Congress.

मोदी सरकारने 9 वर्षात देशाला विकसित राष्ट्र बनवण्यासाठी भक्कम पाया रचला आहे. यशस्वीतेची ९ वर्षे पूर्ण झाल्याबद्दल @BJP4Maharashtra कडून नांदेड येथे आयोजित जाहीर सभेतून लाईव्ह…#9YearsOfSeva https://t.co/PZyHhrZkAH

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 10, 2023

Addressing a rally at Nanded as a part of the BJP’s outreach campaign to mark the completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government, Shah said the BJP didn’t bring down the Thackeray-led MVA government last year, but they were Shiv Sainiks who were tired of Thackeray’s policies and were not ready to go with the NCP headed by Sharad Pawar.

नांदेड़ स्थित तख्त 'सचखण्ड' गुरुद्वारा विश्व भर के श्रद्धालुओं के लिए पवित्र आस्था का केंद्र है। गुरु गोविंद सिंह जी ने आदि ग्रंथ को यहीं अपना उत्तराधिकारी गुरु घोषित किया था और अपनी अंतिम साँस ली थी।

आज यहाँ हजूर साहिब में मत्था टेककर सभी की खुशहाली व समृद्धि के लिए अरदास की। pic.twitter.com/wIXJBuy7eA

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 10, 2023

”I as (then) BJP president and (the then chief minister) Devendra Fadnavis had carried out negotiations in which Thackeray agreed that if the NDA emerged victorious, Fadnavis will be the chief minister (again). However, after the results (in 2019), Thackeray broke the promise and sat in the Congress-NCP’s lap,” Shah added. The Shiv Sena (undivided) and the BJP contested the 2019 Assembly polls together, but the former walked out of the alliance over the post of chief minister.

Shah said the Shiv Sena, which is now headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has got back its bow and arrow and it has been decided who the real Shiv Sena is. He dared Thackeray to make his stand clear on whether he agrees on abolishing the practise of triple talaq, construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uniform Civil Code and reservation for Muslims.

मोदी सरकार के 9 वर्ष पूरे होने पर आज महाराष्ट्र के नांदेड़ में जनसभा को संबोधित किया।

9 वर्षों में मोदी सरकार ने समाज के हर तबके की सामाजिक सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित की है। मूलभूत सुविधाओं को हर घर तक पहुँचाकर उनकी समृद्धि के लिए सरकार अनेक योजनाओं को जमीन पर उतार रही है। #9YearsOfSeva pic.twitter.com/g7n2guxLJC

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 10, 2023

”You cannot stand on two stones. You will be exposed before the people of the state,” Shah said in a swipe at Thackeray. Shah said during COVID-19 pandemic while Modi was giving vaccines to countrymen, Thackeray did not go to office.

केंद्रीय गृह व सहकार मंत्री मा. अमितभाई शाह यांचे नांदेड विमानतळावर आगमनाप्रसंगी मन:पूर्वक स्वागत केले. ‘मोदी @ ९’ जनसभेतून महाराष्ट्राला संबोधित करण्यासाठी त्यांचे आगमन झाले.@AmitShah जी

#9YearsOfSeva #AmitShah #Nanded #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/DbmP9bqISD

— Chandrashekhar Bawankule (@cbawankule) June 10, 2023

Thackeray had received flak for not going to office during the COVID-19 pandemic. In his revised autobiography released last month, NCP president Sharad Pawar said although the middle class liked Thackeray’s Facebook Live during the COVID-19 pandemic, him going to Mantralaya (the state secretariat) just twice was difficult to fathom.

Shah said four generations of the Gandhis could not achieve what Modi did in nine years. He said Prime Minister Modi is working to raise the stature of India globally, while on the other hand, the Congress’ ”prince” Rahul Gandhi goes abroad and insults the country.

Source: Press Trust of India