Mumbai: Following the political break up within the Pawar household in Maharashtra, there have been speculations on the potential for estranged Thackeray cousins, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s (MNS) Raj, coming collectively. Nevertheless, Uddhav has mentioned that there have been no such discussions as of now.
He mentioned he’ll discuss the potential for becoming a member of forces with cousin Raj if and when such a proposal comes up.
“If there was any foundation to the dialogue (of Uddhav and Raj coming collectively), it wouldn’t have stopped. It began and stopped, as a result of whoever began this didn’t discover any foundation to it,” he mentioned.
He was in dialog with Sanjay Raut, a Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP and Government Editor of Saamana, the occasion’s mouthpiece. A two-part interview of Uddhav was broadcasted on the occasion’s YouTube channel over Wednesday and Thursday.
“I don’t take into consideration what ifs. I’ll give it some thought for the time being (if such a proposal comes up). As of now, there is no such thing as a such dialogue, so there is no such thing as a level speaking about it,” he mentioned within the second a part of the interview launched Thursday.
Raj Thackeray had rebelled towards the undivided Shiv Sena in 2005 after his uncle, occasion supremo Bal Thackeray, had chosen his son Uddhav as his successor. In 2006, Raj Thackeray shaped the MNS. Nevertheless, the occasion has been dealing with a close to electoral rout since 2014.
The break up within the Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP) earlier this month — when Ajit Pawar joined the state’s ruling coalition of the Eknath Shinde led faction of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) — prompted some MNS employees to speak a couple of potential patch up between the Thackerays. One such ward-level workplace bearer additionally put up a poster urging the 2 brothers to come back collectively.
Chatting with Raut, Thackeray alleged the BJP goes after all of the nephews from the uncle-nephew conflicts that characterise Maharashtra’s politics.
Ajit Pawar’s revolt towards his uncle Sharad Pawar was mentioned to be the most recent in a string of such conflicts.
“The place have all of the nephews gone? Who’s consolidating all of them? Those that are opposing dynasty politics are breaking dynasties,” he mentioned.
Like Ajit Pawar, NCP’s Dhananjay Munde, nephew of late BJP stalwart Gopinath Munde, can be a part of the Shinde-led cupboard now. Equally, Avdhoot Tatkare, NCP chief Sunil Tatkare’s nephew, additionally rebelled towards his uncle and joined the Shiv Sena (UBT) first earlier than becoming a member of the BJP in October final yr.
Now, Sunil Tatkare is on the identical aspect, being a part of the Ajit Pawar-led revolt.
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‘Rahul Gandhi somebody keen to hear, perceive’
In his dialog with Raut, Uddhav mentioned the concept of INDIA, the opposition alliance towards the ruling NDA, was an growth of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) that was shaped in Maharashtra in 2019. The MVA contains the Shiv Sena (UBT), the Sharad Pawar-led NCP and Congress.
Based on Uddhav, everybody who’s a part of INDIA is dedicated to preserving the nation’s democracy and freedom and nobody has proven “greed of management”.
Uddhav, who has typically clashed with Rahul Gandhi prior to now, particularly over the latter’s criticism of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, had phrases of reward for the Congress chief.
“I had by no means met Rahul Gandhi earlier than this. However the misunderstandings which were woven about him, about him being a sure approach and having contempt for Hindus, after really assembly him, I assumed he was somebody who was keen to hear and perceive and put forth his perspective gently,” he mentioned.
“He (Rahul) was not solely listening to what one says, but in addition put forth ideas about it in entrance of everybody,” Uddhav added.
(Edited by Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri)
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