Uddhav Thackeray hits back at PM Modi for his remarks on Oppn bloc INDIA

Shiv Sena UBT president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had derided the opposition INDIA alliance by citing reviled names such as Indian Mujahideen reported news agency PTIAddressing workers of Shiv Sena UBT and activists of Sambhaji Brigade Uddhav Thackeray said the INDIA bloc comprises the parties that oppose those who strangle democracy and freedom reported PTIWe feel proud when PM Modi meets foreign leaders abroad Do you meet them as the prime minister of India or as Pradhan Sevak of Indian Mujahideen Uddhav Thackeray asked reported PTIUddhav Thackeray was referring to the prime ministers criticism of the opposition alliance INDIA wherein the latter had cited reviled names such as East India Company and Indian Mujahideen to assert that people cannot be misled merely by the use of the countrys nameNotably the Shiv Sena UBT will host the third meeting of the INDIA alliance in Mumbai which is slated to be held on August 31 and September 1Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the induction of leaders from other parties Uddhav Thackeray said the BJP has become the party of ayarams turncoats and it will now construct an ayaram mandir reported PTIThe Aaya Ram Gaya Ram expression in politics refers to the frequent floorcrossing turncoating switching parties and political horsetradingI pity cadres of BJP as they have to worship aayarams in the party Devendra Fadnavis has become a minister who is maintaining the muster record of the incoming people How much burden will he take Uddhav Thackeray questioned reported PTIHe also referred to a media report about PM Modi asking MPs of the National Democratic Alliance NDA to get rakhis tied from Muslim womenIf you have guts get rakhis tied from women in Manipur who were paraded naked publicly and also from Bilkis Bano the gang rape victim of the 2002 Gujarat communal riot the former chief minister saidHe also targeted BJP leader and Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis over his reported Aurangzeb ki aulad remarksDescendants of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb are in the BJP Aurangzeb is still alive and he is there in your party BJPbreaking other political partiesDevendraji Why is it that communal tension is flaring up in Maharashtra invoking Aurangzeb after this government led by Eknath Shinde came to power he askedThackeray claimed BJP is making Shiv Sena and Nationalist Party factions fight each other and accused the saffron party of raking up history to engineer divisions in societyHe also took a veiled jibe at NCP leader Ajit Pawar who had claimed to have joined the Shiv SenaBJP government for the cause of developmentEven the British had brought development Still we demanded that they leave India The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus station in Mumbai the Gateway of India and the BMC Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation building are all constructed by the British Uddhav Thackeray addedWith inputs from PTI