‘BJP should think why its foundation stones are coming off’: Uddhav Thackeray on Khadse’s resignation

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray took a jibe on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the resignation of Eknath Khadse. Thackeray stated that the BJP ought to assume why its basis stones are coming off.

“When someone like Eknathji Khadse, who expanded the BJP’s base, leaves the party, then the BJP should think why its foundation stones are coming off when it is reaching the pinnacle of success,” the chief minister stated about his social gathering’s former ally.

“There is no point in reaching the pinnacle if the foundation stones are coming off,” he added. Thackeray was talking in Osmanabad the place he took inventory of the losses brought on as a result of heavy rains and floods final week.

“Earlier, we (Shiv Sena) left the NDA, the Shiromani Akali Dal also left the alliance recently. Now Khadse is also not with the BJP. Hence, the BJP should think about it. Being an old friend of the BJP, it is my duty to alert them,” he stated.

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Thackeray additionally stated that he’s able to “welcome” Khadse within the household of Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which includes of Shiv Sena, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Khadse introduced his resignation on Wednesday, blaming former chief minister and now chief of opposition in Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis for taking such a step. He stated that Fadnavis, by way of the police, fabricated false circumstances in opposition to him.

“The then CM (Devendra Fadnavis) instructed police to register FIR against me on false allegation of harassment by a woman. He said the case would be withdrawn later. Inquiries for corruption was initiated against me in which I came clean. I suffered a lot in BJP,” he stated whereas interacting with the media.

Khadse additional stated that he’ll be part of the NCP on October 23.