Mumbai, BJP on Wednesday claimed that Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray's visit to Delhi is aimed at garnering Congress support for his chief ministerial ambitions and that he will never raise issues relating to farmers, women and the youth of Maharashtra.
"Uddhav Thackeray has gone to Delhi not to raise issues affecting women, farmers or youth of Maharashtra. He has gone to the national capital to seek support from the Congress as he wants to become prime minister again (after assembly elections scheduled for October). BJP MLA Ashish Shelar said.
Thackeray on Tuesday embarked on his first three-day visit to Delhi after the Maha Vika Aghadi, comprising Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP), won 31 of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra .
Thackeray is expected to meet leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc and discuss the way forward ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand.
"Thackeray always criticizes the (BJP and Shiv Sena) chief ministers' visit to Delhi and dismisses them as his weakness," Shelar told reporters.
Shelar suggested that political duress forced Thackeray to travel to Delhi and meet Congress leaders to ask for their support.
"He is not in Delhi to seek help for farmers who lost their crops due to excessive rains or employment for youth. He has not even raised the issue of Maratha reservation in Delhi during his meetings," the BJP leader alleged. .
Thackeray became chief minister of Maharashtra in November 2019 after breaking ties with his old friend BJP and joining hands with the ideologically incompatible NCP (undivided) and Congress.
The Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government was toppled in June 2022 after a large section of Shiv Sena MLAs joined the side led by Eknath Shinde, who succeeded Thackeray as chief minister with the support of the BJP.
"Uddhav Thackeray has gone to Delhi not to raise issues affecting women, farmers or youth of Maharashtra. He has gone to the national capital to seek support from the Congress as he wants to become prime minister again (after assembly elections scheduled for October). BJP MLA Ashish Shelar said.
Thackeray on Tuesday embarked on his first three-day visit to Delhi after the Maha Vika Aghadi, comprising Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP), won 31 of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra .
Thackeray is expected to meet leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc and discuss the way forward ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand.
"Thackeray always criticizes the (BJP and Shiv Sena) chief ministers' visit to Delhi and dismisses them as his weakness," Shelar told reporters.
Shelar suggested that political duress forced Thackeray to travel to Delhi and meet Congress leaders to ask for their support.
"He is not in Delhi to seek help for farmers who lost their crops due to excessive rains or employment for youth. He has not even raised the issue of Maratha reservation in Delhi during his meetings," the BJP leader alleged. .
Thackeray became chief minister of Maharashtra in November 2019 after breaking ties with his old friend BJP and joining hands with the ideologically incompatible NCP (undivided) and Congress.
The Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government was toppled in June 2022 after a large section of Shiv Sena MLAs joined the side led by Eknath Shinde, who succeeded Thackeray as chief minister with the support of the BJP.
