Lok Sabha elections 2024: My party not like your degree, says Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray has hit back at the recent remark of Prime Minister Narendra Modi labelling the party as fake reported news agency ANIThackeray in his response to PM Modi said that his party is not like your degreeThe Shiv Sena UBT chief said that his party was founded by Bal Thackeray to fight for the rights of the peopleThe Shiv Sena which was founded by Bal Thackeray to fight for the rights of sons of soil is being called fake They say that this is a fake Shiv Sena It is not your degree to call it fake Is this your degree which you are calling fake After him PM Modi his other party member Amit Shah came and he also called it fake Uddhav Thackeray said at a campaign rally on Friday reported ANIThe PM on Monday while addressing a public rally in Maharashtras Chandrapur said INDIA alliance partner DMK is talking about finishing Sanatan and linking Sanatana Dharma to malaria and dengue And the Congress and the fake Shiv Sena are calling the same people for rallies in MaharashtraMeanwhile Amit Shah on Thursday said Three parties have united in Maharashtra under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi One fake Shiv Sena one fake NCP half Congress We have a phrase in Gujarat Teen Tighda Kaam Bigada Uddhav Jis Shiv Sena is left half Sharad Jis NCP is left half and both of them reduced Congress to half reported ANISpeaking at a campaign rally at Boisar near Mumbai on Friday Uddhav Thackeray said the INDIA bloc will win over 300 seats in the Lok Sabha electionsI am saying this with pride and confidence that the INDIA alliance will form the government and will win more than 300 seats he saidIn June 2022 Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde along with 40 other MLAs revolted against the partys leadership and jumped ship to the BJP leading to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackerayled governmentIn 2023 the NCP also suffered a split when prominent leaders like Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal joined hands with the ruling BJP in the stateThe Shiv Sena UBT is now a part of the newly established INDIA bloc formed to take on the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats the secondlargest after Uttar Pradesh In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections the BJP won 23 out of 25 seats it contested in alliance with the undivided Shiv SenaThe Lok Sabha elections 2024 to 48 seats in Maharashtra will be held in five phases on April 19 April 26 May 7 May 13 and May 20 the counting of votes will be done on June 4With inputs from ANI