The fight between Maharashtra’s government Vikas Aghadi (MVA) and Maharashtra’s governor, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, has escalated over the opening of religious sites in the state. In response to Koshyari’s letter on the matter, Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray said he does not need a “certificate” in Hindutva from the governor.
In response to a short letter from the governor about the reopening of places of worship, Thackeray replied that his Hindutva does not allow him to welcome a person who called Mumbai ‘occupied Pakistan Kashmir’.
Also read: BMC penalizes more than 4,300 citizens for not wearing masks on the first day of travel
In the letter, the chief minister said that while the government is actively considering demands to open temples and other religious sites, its primary duty is the safety of people during the pandemic.
In the October 12 letter, the governor had said: “I wonder if they are getting some divine premonition to keep postponing the reopening of places of worship again and again or if they have suddenly become ‘secular’, the term that they hated “
Responding to the letter, the CM said: “Do you mean that opening religious places is Hindutva, and not opening them means being secular? Secularism is a fundamental basis of the oath he took as governor. Don’t you think so?
Thackeray added that he does not need any preaching on Hindutva. “Sir, you mention Hindutva in your letter, but I don’t need any certificates or teaching about Hindutva from you. My Hindutva does not allow me to welcome home a caller to my Maharashtra or Mumbai, occupied Pakistan Kashmir. “
.
