Uddhav Thackeray slams BJP over electoral bond issue, calls it ‘Bhrasht Janata Party’
New Delhi: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday attacked the BJP over the electoral bonds issue, terming it “Bhrasht Janata Party” and claimed its real face has been exposed before the people.
The former Maharashtra chief minister also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP’s ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ campaign, claiming he does not understand the meaning of “parivar” (family) as one has to take responsibility of a ‘parivar’.
“When I was the chief minister during Covid, I made a resolve that ‘mera parivar, meri zimmedaari’ (my family, my responsibility). There is only you and the chair in your ‘parivar’,” Thackeray said at a press conference.
The BJP accuses the Shiv Sena (UBT) of involvement in alleged irregularities in the distribution of ‘khichdi’ during the pandemic, purchase of body bags for Covid victims as well as taking commission to award contracts.
“Instead of making sarcastic remarks, Thackeray should think about how he functioned from home when he was chief minister for two-and-half years. No matter how many sarcastic comments you make, the people of Maharashtra will give you a befitting reply,” Bawankule said.
On Thackeray’s charge that BJP leaders were ignoring strife torn Manipur, the ruling party’s Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar said, “Uddhav Thackeray talks about Manipur. I am ready to pay the transportation cost for Thackeray if he is prepared to visit Malvani area in Mumbai and raise his voice against atrocities on some of our brothers.”
Thackeray is the only leader in Maharashtra who never stood on his feet in politics, Shelar claimed.
Hitting back at the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief’s corruption charge, Shelar said Thackeray’s statement was a classic case of double standards.
“When people were with him, they were clean. But the moment those people switched to the BJP, Thackeray started calling them corrupt. It seems he is changing the bar or parameters to decide who is corrupt and who is not.
