Updated On: 26 June, 2023 08:37 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
"CM Shinde has taken a step to take the saffron flag forward. He is trying to take the Hindutva ideology of Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray forward," he added

Uddhav Thackeray. File photo
Shiv Sena leader and Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde on Sunday launched a scathing attack on former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his MLA son Aaditya Thackeray, accusing them of looting Mumbai and pushing the `Marathi manoos` out of the city in the last 15 years. Shinde, the son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, was addressing the party`s `Shakha Sampark` drive at Versova in Mumbai. He sought to know why the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had acquired body bags during the COVID-19 pandemic period at a cost of Rs 6,719 apiece, whereas the same body bags were bought for Rs 350 each by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). Shinde also accused Uddhav Thackeray of leading the BMC to become the most corrupt municipal body in Asia.
The Shiv Sena undivided ruled the BMC for more than 25 years. The party split last year following the rebellion by Eknath Shinde and 39 other party MLAs against Uddhav Thackeray. "How is it possible that TMC buys body bags at Rs 350 each and BMC buys them at more than Rs 6,500 per bag? This is just one of the many instances of how the Thackeray family has looted Mumbaikars when people were dying," Shinde was quoted as saying in a release issued by the Shiv Sena here. "Uddhav Thackeray led the BMC to become the most corrupt municipal body in Asia. His 15 years in BMC made it the most corrupt civic body across the continent. It is time to think about what our Marathi manoos and our Shiv Sainiks gained under his leadership.