Uddhav Thackeray Hindutva Remark: Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray while addressing a gathering of North Indians in Mumbai on Sunday (February 12) surrounded the BJP on the issue of Hindutva.
He explained the difference between the Hindutva of his Shiv Sena and BJP. Uddhav Thackeray said, “Balasaheb Thackeray never differentiated between Hindus and Muslims. He believed that those who work against the country, irrespective of their religion, should be punished. This is our Hindutva.
‘BJP does not mean Hindutva’
Former CM Thackeray said, “BJP does not mean Hindutva. I don’t believe in their version of Hindutva.” According to news agency PTI, Uddhav Thackeray said, “I parted ways with the BJP because I never left Hindutva. BJP is not Hindutva. North Indians want an answer as to what is Hindutva? Hating each other is not Hindutva. We do not differentiate between Marathi speaking and North Indian people settled in Mumbai. Thackeray appealed to the North Indian community to forget the misconceptions of the past. He said that his party does not make any distinction between Marathi speakers and North Indians living in Mumbai.
Let us tell you that before the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, these statements of Uddhav Thackeray are being seen as an attempt to win over the important vote bank. Thackeray called for unity among the people present in the meeting. He said that spreading hatred and dividing people is not what Hindutva means.
‘…otherwise I would have remained a slave’
Thackeray said he broke away from the alliance with the BJP to protect his honor and joined hands with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) after the 2019 elections. . Chief Minister Eknath Shinde In an apparent reference to the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs of the Balasahebchi Shiv Sena faction led by K.K.
‘If I had done this, I would have been called anti-Hindu’
Thackeray said that whenever he meets North Indians or Muslims, he becomes a victim of a propaganda campaign and his Hindutva is questioned. He said, “My meeting with you has been criticized. If I meet Muslims, it is said that I have left Hinduism. when the prime minister Narendra Modi Whose kitchen did he visit when he came to Mumbai two days back? If I had done this, I would have been called anti-Hindu, but if the Prime Minister does this, it is said that he has a big heart. I want to make it clear that we are not at all against the Bohra community. They are with us.
Thackeray also took a jibe at Bhagat Singh Koshyari, who resigned from the post of Governor of Maharashtra, without naming him. He said, “The man who insulted Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was sent back from the parcel service today.”
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