"You are killing importance of Mumbai...": Uddhav Thackeray hits out at BJP

Hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party BJP at the Centre former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday that all businesses are moving out of the state to Gujarat and that Mumbai is losing its importanceWhile addressing a gathering of senior Shiv Sainiks the Shiv Sena UBT chief said that two people sitting in Delhi have been erasing the importance of MumbaiIn 2014 and 2019 they tried to steal Shiv Sena and they knew that the future of Gadaar wouldnt continue they all would be disqualified So they didnt stop there they wanted to finish Shiv Sena completelyMumbais importance had increased then but now these two people sitting in Delhi have been erasing all this Now all businesses are moving or going to Gujarat Yesterday one diamond business moved to Gujarat You are killing the importance of Mumbai Thackeray saidApart from this the exMaharashtra Chief Minister also reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modis criticism of Sharad Pawar during a recent visit to ShirdiThackeray alleged PM Modi crushed farmers while questioning his contribution towards their welfareWhat have you PM Modi done for farmers So tell me what you are doing for the farmers and how you crushed the farmers Just asking others what did he do the Shiv Sena UBT Chief saidPawar will look at what he did for farmers Its between Pawar and the farmers But what did you PM Modi do for the farmers asked UddhavWhy were the farmers in the north sitting on the road in the cold wind and rain for a whole year Why was the black law withdrawn after that he said taking a dig at PM ModiAfter Prime Minister Narendra Modis jibe Nationalist Congress Party NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that the PM should give statements keeping his constitutional stature in mindPrime Ministers post is an important post A PM should give a statement keeping his constitutional stature in mind I dont know why he targeted me But I think whatever he said is because of the fact that he was not briefed rightly Whatever statement PM had made on me I will respond to that keeping the importance and dignity of PM post Sharad Pawar said while speaking at a press briefing in MumbaiPawar served as the agriculture minister when the Congressled UPA government was in office at the Centre 200414In a veiled attack on Sharad Pawar who was the Agriculture Minister in the UPA government PM Modi had said that while the BJPled government was actively empowering farmers some individuals in Maharashtra were engaged in political activities under the guise of representing farmersSharad Pawar also claimed that the fear of losing power might have pushed the PM to make such commentsHe PM Modi was there to seek Darshan of Sai Baba in Shirdi what was the need to take Darshan of Sharad Pawar there If you see the nationwide picture there are a lot of states where the BJP is not in power or their government has come after some sabotage in other parties And wherever there is a BJP government they are on weak foot This weakness and fear of losing power may have forced him PM to make such statements Pawar addedFurther the NCP supremo explained the crisis situation he faced during his 10year tenure as the agriculture minister under the Congress regimeI want to make my stand clear on the statements made by PM Modi in Shirdi about my tenure as Agriculture Minister I was Agriculture Minister for 10 years from 2004 to 2014 I had a crisis on the very first day of my tenure as Agri minister Pawar saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever