Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray mocked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the resignation of Eknath Khadse. Thackeray said the BJP should think about why its foundations are falling apart.
“When someone like Eknathji Khadse, who expanded the BJP base, leaves the party, then the BJP should think about why its cornerstones are falling when it is reaching the pinnacle of success,” the prime minister said of his former ally. match.
“There is no point getting to the top if the foundation stones are falling off,” he added. Thackeray spoke in Osmanabad, where he took stock of losses caused by heavy rains and floods last week.
“Previously, we (Shiv Sena) left the NDA, the Shiromani Akali Dal also recently left the alliance. Now Khadse is not with the BJP either. Therefore, the BJP should think about it. Being an old friend of the BJP, it is my duty to alert them, ”he said.
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Thackeray also said he is ready to “welcome” Khadse into the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) family, which is part of Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress and Congress Party (NCP).
Khadse announced his resignation on Wednesday, blaming former prime minister and now Maharashtra opposition leader Devendra Fadnavis for taking that step. He said that Fadnavis, through the police, fabricated false cases against him.
“The then CM (Devendra Fadnavis) ordered the police to register FIR against me for false accusation of harassment by a woman. He said the case would be dropped later. Investigations were launched against me for corruption in which I came out clean. I suffered a lot in BJP, ”he said while interacting with the media.
Khadse further said that he will join the PNC on October 23.
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