"Uddhav Thackeray reaping what he had sown": MNS leader recalls Raj Thackeray's "forced resignation" in the midst of the symbol row - The Free Media

“Uddhav Thackeray reaping what he had sown”: MNS leader recalls Raj Thackeray’s “forced resignation” in the midst of the symbol row

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Sandeep Deshpande on Monday called Uddhav Thackeray a ‘two-faced snake’, and claimed that the former chief minister was “reaping what he had sown”. Citing Raj Thackeray’s “forced” resignation from the Shiv Sena in 2005 and the circumstances surrounding it, the MNS leader stated that Uddhav was going through what his nephew had gone through.

“Uddhav Thackeray is a snake with two faces. When 40 Shiv Sena MLAs defected and joined forces with Eknath Shinde to form the government, he labelled them traitors. What is this, hypocrisy? “Uddhav Thackeray is reaping what he sowed,” he declared. Deshpande claimed that Uddhav had always used politics to break up rival forces, and that he had inducted 6 MNS corporators while Raj Thackeray’s son was in the hospital.

“Uddhav Thackeray has always engaged in rival-breaking politics. Everyone knows that when Amit Thackeray (son of MNS chief Raj Thackeray) was hospitalised, he (Uddhav) took advantage of the situation and snatched away six of our corporators for Rs 5 crores each. “His past actions are coming back to haunt him,” said the MNS leader.

“Everyone is well aware of what Uddhav Thackeray did to Raj Thackeray. “Raj Thackeray was forced to resign from the Shiv Sena, and the same is happening with Uddhav Thackeray today,” he added, referring to the MNS chief’s resignation from the then-undivided Shiv Sena. The faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde received the party name ‘Shiv Sena’ and the symbol ‘Bow and Arrow’ from the Election Commission on February 17.