Mumbai:
A day after Samajwadi Social gathering (SP) chief Abu Azmi mentioned his get together would exit the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Aaditya Thackeray mentioned the Samajwadi Social gathering in Maharashtra typically behaved like “BJP’s B Group”. The Sena (UBT) chief clarified that his feedback do not confer with Samajwadi Social gathering chief Akhilesh Yadav. “Akhilesh ji is preventing… however right here, they often behave like BJP’s B workforce. We’ve got seen this earlier than as nicely,” he mentioned.
Mr Azmi’s announcement adopted a newspaper advert and a social media publish by a Sena UBT legislative council member recognized to be near get together chief Uddhav Thackeray. On December 6, which marked 32 years of the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya, Sena (UBT) chief Milind Narvekar put up a social media publish with an image of the demolition and a quote by Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray: “I’m happy with those that did this”. The poster additionally had footage of Uddhav Thackeray and his MLA son Aaditya Thackeray.
In a robust response, Mr Azmi advised information company PTI, “An commercial was given by Shiv Sena (UBT) in a newspaper congratulating those that demolished Babri masjid. His (Uddhav Thackeray) aide has additionally posted on X hailing the demolition of the mosque. We’re quitting the MVA. I’m talking to (Samajwadi Social gathering president) Akhilesh Yadav.”
“If anybody within the MVA speaks such language, what’s the distinction between the BJP and them? Why ought to we stick with them?” he mentioned, including, “The Congress has to determine whether or not it could actually ally with somebody who speaks like this.”
Mr Thackeray right this moment mentioned, “Our Hindutva is obvious, we have now by no means mentioned we aren’t Hindutvawadi. Our Hindutva has Ram within the coronary heart and kaam (work) within the palms. Our Hindutva takes everybody collectively. B groups mustn’t train us, Maharashtra has seen Uddhav Thackeray took everybody ahead collectively.”
Aaditya Thackeray’s remarks drew a response from Samajwadi Social gathering MLA Rais Shaikh. “We’ve got raised two questions. Firstly, are you shifting in the direction of a hardcore Hindutva ideology? Secondly, we requested, who gave you the votes? With out clarifying these factors, Aaditya has made an accusation we strongly oppose. That is unsuitable, and we’ll speak to senior leaders relating to this.”