Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray accused Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday of trying to incite riots by way of the Maratha quota agitation forward of the state meeting elections, significantly within the Marathwada area. Throughout a press convention in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Raj Thackeray alleged that each are exploiting the Manoj Jarange-led quota agitation for caste-based politics.
Raj Thackeray claimed that these political personalities are utilizing the agitation as a protect to advance their agendas in Marathwada. His remarks got here on the finish of his tour of the area, a day after suspected Shiv Sena (UBT) employees threw betel nuts at his convoy in Beed metropolis. Following this, 4 people from Shiv Sena (UBT) have been arrested for the act.
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He additionally accused the native Shiv Sena (UBT) president of elevating casteist slogans in help of Jarange. He warned that if Uddhav Thackeray’s faction and NCP (Sharad Pawar) proceed to dam his tour, they are going to be unable to organise rallies in Maharashtra, information company PTI reported.
Beforehand, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut acknowledged that those that made a protest towards Raj Thackeray is likely to be office-bearers of the Thackeray-led faction. He, nonetheless, distanced the celebration from the demonstration, attributing it to Maratha quota activists.
Raj Thackeray Accuses Uddhav, Sharad Pawar Planning To Use Maratha Quota Agitation In Upcoming Polls
Raj Thackeray additionally claimed that Muslim and Dalit voters opposed PM Modi within the Lok Sabha elections because of the Opposition’s narrative on the Structure, which steered that the BJP meant to alter it if re-elected with a big mandate. Though the ruling BJP and its allies dismissed this narrative as false, Raj Thackeray insisted that it was not baseless.
He identified that the BJP didn’t win a single Lok Sabha seat within the Marathwada area, the point of interest of the Maratha quota agitation. Raj Thackeray accused Uddhav and Sharad Pawar of planning to make use of related techniques within the upcoming meeting elections.
“That voting (in Lok Sabha) for the Opposition was not due to their (individuals’s) love for them (opposition events). They (Uddhav and Sharad Pawar) assume the same trick must be performed in upcoming meeting elections,” Raj Thackeray claimed, PTI reported.
He lashed out at Sharad Pawar for elevating the potential of the Manipur-like challenge in Maharashtra. “These individuals ought to fear that the scenario within the state shouldn’t be like Manipur. You (individuals) will realise what runs of their minds. Their (Uddhav and Pawar’s) efforts are to engineer riots, particularly in Marathwada within the three-and-a-half months (meeting elections are due in October),” Raj Thackeray claimed, as quoted by PTI.
Raj Thackeray additional alleged that Sharad Pawar has been selling caste-based hatred since founding the Nationalist Congress Social gathering in 1999. He criticised Sharad Pawar for not utilizing good relations with PM Narendra Modi to resolve the quota deadlock in Maharashtra.
He additionally talked about that between 2014 and 2019, when Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (undivided) partnered with the BJP, he didn’t advocate for the Maratha reservation.