Maharashtra’s ‘khoke’ govt will not last long, says Aaditya Thackeray

NAGPUR: Continuing his tirade against the Shinde government, former minister Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday slammed the ruling party legislators for protesting on the steps at Vidhan Bhavan.
“These traitors shamelessly protested against the Opposition. The entire country and people from Maharashtra are witnessing their antics. No one is behind them, people are with the real Shiv Sena. Even after giving them everything, they betrayed us,” he said, while refusing to take queries on the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) led by Raj Thackeray, which has started its poll campaign.
Asserting that their Sena led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray will hold its annual Dussehra event at Shiv Tirth, the Thackeray scion accused the state government of breaking the old tradition by cheating their party. “Everyone knows which is the real Sena. We have been making continuous efforts to get permission to hold our annual event for a long time. However, this government has unleashed its oppressive tactics and is trying to suppress our democratic rights. Look at what they are doing at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, where they are shunting out officers,” said Thackeray.
Accusing chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis of taking forward traitorship, the Worli MLA said the picture was clear on who is running the show behind the khoke (Rs 1cr in Mumbai underworld parlance) government. “How many days will this khoke government last is the question. This is also a transfer government,” he said, refusing to comment on BJP leader Kirit Somaiyya’s accusations against his party.
On BJP flaying his party for forging an alliance with the Sambhaji Brigade, Thackeray said Sena has never diverted from its Hindutva ideology and will take everyone coming to them in their stride.
“In the two-and-a-half-years of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, the Sena came forward for Maharashtra's development. On the other hand, the traitors have been exposed with their misdeeds. No one likes their political drama. That’s the reason our Shiv Sanvad Yatra is getting a massive response across the state,” he said.
The former environment minister was in Nagpur to attend a Tana Pola programme at Old Subhedar Layout. He was accompanied by the party’s publicity chief and MLC Dushyant Chaturvedi and party leaders from the region. Thackeray also visited Nandgaon, where villagers lost their farmlands due to dumping of fly ash. During the MVA government’s tenure, Thackeray had convened a meeting in June and ordered compensation to villagers. Later, he also visited coal washeries in Warada.