Uddhav Thackeray praises Narendra Modi, dares opposition to name their PM candidate

Addressing a gathering before BJP President Amit Shah filed his nomination papers, Thackeray said it was Hindutva and nationalism that had brought the two parties together again.

BJP chief Amit Shah with party leaders - Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani; SAD leader Parkash Singh Badal, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan during a roadshow in Ahmedabad.


Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday showered praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and hit out at opposition parties and said that the differences between the BJP and Sena have ended.

Addressing a gathering before BJP President Amit Shah filed his nomination papers, Thackeray said it was Hindutva and nationalism that had brought the two parties together again.

“There were differences but they have been overcome. All the controversies have come to an end. Hindutva and nationalism are the ideological core of both the parties,” he said to cries of “Bharat Mata ki Jai”.

“My father (Bala Saheb) used to say that Hindutva is our breath and we cannot live without it.”

He said some political parties were celebrating when the BJP and Shiv Sena had differences but were taken aback to see him here in Gandhinagar on Saturday.

“There are 56 opposition parties who have joined hands but their hearts have not yet met. We have one leader. Who is your leader? Who will be your Prime Minister? Everybody is an aspirant there and infighting has already begun for the post,” he said.

Thackeray said: “We had our own issues and we raised it (with the BJP). We don’t believe in the culture of backstabbing. I have come here to support wholeheartedly.”


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