Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his scheduled go to to the US, and requested why he was going overseas as a substitute of visiting Manipur to resolve the disaster within the violence-hit north-eastern state.
Addressing a state-level conference of his get together, the primary because the insurrection cut up Shiv Sena final 12 months, he additionally dared the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central authorities to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) within the nation.
“One part of our country is in the grip of violence and Modi hasn’t gone there or taken steps to resolve the crisis but is going to America,” Thackeray stated. The PM can be occurring a state go to to the US and Egypt from June 20 to 25.
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Thackeray alleged that there have been claims that PM Modi stopped the Russia-Ukraine warfare. “So Modi should stop the violence in Manipur and restore peace and then we will believe these claims,” he added.
More than 100 individuals have misplaced their lives within the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki neighborhood individuals in Manipur that broke out greater than a month in the past.
The former CM stated he’ll go to Patna on June 23 for the assembly of non-BJP events. “There is no opposition parties that are meeting there, but the parties that are nationalists, who love their country and want to protect its independence and democracy,” he stated.
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He stated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had visited him at ‘Matoshree’ (Thackeray’s private residence) and invited him for the assembly.
“Earlier, only BJP leaders used to visit ‘Matoshree’, but now all parties, except BJP, have realised the importance of Shiv Sena. All parties who love the country should come together to stop the BJP,” he stated.
The Shiv Sena cut up in June final 12 months after Eknath Shinde and 39 different get together MLAs rebelled towards then Uddhav Thackeray and toppled the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition authorities of the Sena, NCP, and Congress.
Shinde later grew to become chief minister with the BJP’s assist and the Election Commission of India subsequently granted his faction the unique get together title and ‘bow and arrow’ image, whereas the Thackeray group was named Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).
