‘Uddhav has betrayed his father’

Slamming the rival Shiv Sena chief Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that he wasnrsquot worried about his position in the government as long as the people were with him Shinde said his exboss Uddhav Thackeray was only interested in the money his family and gaining power by being handinhand with the parties that had opposed and rejected the Sena founder the late Balasaheb ThackerayShinde was addressing a moderate rally of his faction at Azad Maidan on Tuesday The CM who had left Uddhav causing the MVA downfall last year justified his breakup in the name of saving Hindutva He said Uddhav had betrayed his fathers ideology by having a pact with the Congress and recently with the socialist parties who had stopped the Rath Yatra and fired bullets on the kar sevaks during the Ayodhya Ram Mandir struggleThe rally saw a massive crowd of party workers PicsSayyed Sameer AbedildquoEarlier they said the government would fall And then Ajit Pawar joined us We have 210 MLAs with us Now they say the CM would be replaced But I say Im not worried about my position as long as the people are with merdquo he said adding that Uddhav and his ilk thought that only privileged people like them could be the CM not a farmers son like himselfAlso read Mumbai Handler enforcer greaser moneymoverldquoRemember that you dont own people I wish that a common man like you in the audience becomes the CM againrdquo he said recalling how Uddhav had changed his position while pushing for his name for the CM instead of a nonThackeray Sena leader in 2019 ldquoHe Uddhav wears so many masks He doesnt let one know what is happening Then also he said a sainik would be the CM but later said Sharad Pawar wanted him to hold that position However we know that he had sent two leaders to Pawar urging him to recommend his Uddhavs name for the CMs post in 2019ldquo he added saying that he knew a lot and would speak about it at an appropriate timeShinde reiterated what he had been telling the rival group about the alleged betrayal and the money that changed hands during the power shift of 2022 ldquoThey Thackeray dont need khoke box full of the money but they need a container full of the moneyrdquo he said as he recalled rival Senas demand for the party fund of R50 crore that was lying in the bank account of the original party that stayed with the Shinde faction following the Election Commission verdict He said there was an attempt to frame him in a conspiracy but he has foiled itCM Shinde said Narendra Modi and the BJPled alliance will continue being in power PicSayyed Sameer AbediShinde said the alliance of three parties was going forward on a developmental plank He said Narendra Modi and the BJPled alliance will be back in power not only next year but for years and years after ldquoDouble engine sarkaar is most required We must win more than 45 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats Please take our good work to the people Reach every doorstep ldquo he appealed to the sainiks advising them to not give up the social work agenda that was propagated by Balasaheb ThackerayShinde said that the party would grow only when the chief took care of the workers ldquoI was a party worker Im still a worker and would be one come what may I say that the leaders sitting on the dais and in front of me the audience are my CM I dont behave like a CM at all If Im seen at international and national forums Im also seen inspecting public toilets and sanitation in the slumsrdquo he stated furtherMaratha quota promisedShinde said the government was committed to giving Marathas a quota that would stand legal scrutiny ldquoWe will not take away the quota of others We will do justice to allrdquo he said To ensure the people of his resolve the CM then went up to the Shivaji Maharaj statue to take an oath to fulfil the promise ldquoI will fight for it till the last drop of bloodhelliprdquo he said appealing to Marathas to not commit suicide for the demand2022Year Eknath Shinde took over as CM