Those saved by Shiv Sena in the past now trying to finish off the party: Uddhav Thackeray
. It was claimed that it was Bal Thackeray who saved Modi by speaking to then Deputy Prime Minister and BJP stalwart LK Advani after Modi came to meet Bal Thackeray and urged him to save him from getting removed as Gujarat CM.
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Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray (Express File Photo)Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said those who were saved by the Shiv Sena in the past are now trying to finish off the party. The former chief minister said many people had come to his residence ‘Matoshree’ to meet his father Bal Thackeray and him to save themselves.
“At that time, Balasaheb never thought what will happen in future. He saved them. Those who were saved by Balasaheb and Shiv Sena are trying to finish it…Try doing it. It is my challenge. They have now made us their enemies,” Thackeray said while speaking at his residence Matoshree where some functionaries of BJP, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal joined the Shiv Sena (UBT).
In the past, the undivided Shiv Sena had taken credit for saving Prime Minister Narendra Modi from getting sacked as the Chief Minister of Gujarat after the 2002 riots in Gujarat. It was claimed that it was Bal Thackeray who saved Modi by speaking to then Deputy Prime Minister and BJP stalwart LK Advani after Modi came to meet Bal Thackeray and urged him to save him from getting removed as Gujarat CM.
Thackeray also said it was the Shiv Sena and Shiv Sainiks who saved Mumbai during the 1992-93 riots.
He said that Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray gave a call of ‘Garv se kaho hum Hindu hain’ (Say with pride, we are Hindus) at a time when people used to fear calling themselves Hindus.
“In those days, Balasaheb (Thackeray) said to (BJP leader) Pramod Mahajan that Hindus will vote as Hindus in this country. Those days have come,” Thackeray said.
In an apparent reference to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, he said those who struggled were someone else, while those benefiting from it are someone else.
“They don’t have any connection with the struggle. They are eating a fully-baked roti, but those who took efforts to make the rotis are unfortunately not with us or have been sidelined,” Thackeray said.
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