Throwing a challenge at Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at a pre-election pr🍸eparatory meeting of party workers on Wednesday, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasah🧜eb Thackeray) President Uddhav Thackeray said "Either you will survive or I”.
Further intensifying his verbal attack targeting the Bharatiya J𝔉anata Party (BJP), Mr Thackeray said, “We endured everything but stood firm and taught the BJP a lesson i🧔n the Lok Sabha elections."
“Our party was broken, we were targeted by central probe agencies, money power was used against ꦡus, and they even wanted to throw us in jail… But we survived everything and emerged victorious,” he further added.
Recalling how ex-Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) Home Minister Anil Deshmukh had informed him about Fadnavis' intention to dump both Uddhav Thackeray and Aditya 🎃Thackeray in jail, the Shiv Sena patriarch said, “If you act straight w🌠e shall be straight, but if you play crooked, we shall do likewise."
"Now either you will stay or I will," he added.
“I was never ele🦄cted as a municipal corporat💯or, I directly became the chief minister… I did everything possible. This (Assembly elections) is the last challenge for you. They broke the party. Sena is not a rusty sword, but a sharp weapon, and we must fight to save Mumbai and the state. They must be given a befitting reply,” Mr Thackeray said.
BJP's reaction: 'Will have to take 100 births..'
Retaliating to the former chief mi🌄nister's verbal attack, Maharashtra's BJP leaders, including state President Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Ashish Shelar, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Pravin Dar🔜ekar, Ashish Shelar, and others, accusing Thackeray of “sowing communal divisions among the people”.
They further added that Thackeray “will have to take 100 births before finishing Mr Fadnavis' p𒀰olitics”.
Cornering Thackeray, the state BJP chief highlightꩲed Pakistani flags were seen in the Shiv Sena (UBT) president's meetings in Nashik and Mumbai, but now he's talking about finishing Mr Fadnavis.
Mr Shelar said, “We acceptജ your chꦦallenge. The BJP will ensure that the masses show Shiv Sena (UBT) its place in the upcoming elections."
