Alliance between Thackeray cousins wiil not affect Mahayuti in BMC polls: Satam

He also challenged Uddhav to show projects done for Mumbaikars important decisions taken during the last 25 years in power. “Due to the municipal elections, the Thackeray brothers are coming together for domestic programs and festivals. I can assure you that the same Thackeray brothers will not come together for Ganeshotsav, Deepotsav, Bhaubij next year,” Satam alleged.

Further targeting Uddhav, he alleged, “Uddhav Thackeray committed corruption worth around Rs 3 lakh crore during his 25-year tenure in the civic body. On the contrary, the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the state government led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have done many infrastructure projects in Mumbai in the last 10-11 years and taken decisions in the interest of the Marathi people,” he said.

When asked about BJP being in alliance with Uddhav in the BMC earlier, Satam said that the decision-making process and tender approval were done by the mayor, standing committee chairman and the BJP never had these posts as Sena had the majority.

“Although some of those leaders are now with Shinde, the remote control of power in the municipal corporation was with Uddhav Thackeray and work was done on his orders,” he alleged.

Commenting on the upcoming BMC polls, Satam said that the BJP, Shinde Sena, and NCP will contest the elections together. “The seat-sharing talks will begin soon. There is no problem in that,” Satam said.

The BJP city chief added that Islamic fundamentalists have tried to change the color of some cities in the world. “There is a conspiracy to make Mumbai green and Pakistani flags were put up in the campaign of candidates of some parties, the accused in the bomb blasts joined them. We are not against the Muslim community. But we are firmly opposed to those who oppose the national interest,” Satam claimed.