'Welcome Prime Minister...!': Uddhav-led Shiv Sena mocks PM Modi over his visit to Mumbai
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena claimed that most of the development projects which the PM will inaugurate today were done by Shiv Sena in the Municipal Corporation.
FollowFormer Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to Mumbai saying that his arrival in the city is just another "campaign for his party", not for any welfare of the state.
In its mouthpiece 'Saamana,' the Shiv Sena said, "Modi is visiting Mumbai for a few hours and it is being said that in these few hours, he will lay the foundation for the bright future of Mumbai. But the question is since when did the BJP start worrying about Mumbai's future and fortune? This propaganda that the Prime Minister is incarnating for the bright future of Mumbai is false. He is campaigning for his party, but can the saffron of the Shiv Sena be removed from Mumbai?"
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The editorial also said that Mumbai would be blessed only if no attempt is made to "loot" the labour of Marathis. "The fate of Mumbai was built by the Marathi people with their own labour and the buildings of 'Delhiswars' were raised on the loot of the same Mumbai," the party wrote in 'Saamana.'
Slamming the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, the editorial said that the BJP has swallowed the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) as a crocodile does with a frog.
For the PM's tour, cut-outs of BJP leaders are visibly bigger than Balasaheb's cut-outs put up in Mumbai. Why are those who call themselves Balasaheb's Shiv Sena silent on this, the Sena mouthpiece said.
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"The Prime Minister, programs like the inauguration of ambitious projects, Bhumi Pujan etc. have been organized. The BJP has decorated Mumbai with its flag to welcome the Prime Minister. Somewhere in this, the Shinde group made a futile attempt to show its existence, but the crocodile has swallowed the frog, in the same way, this group has been swallowed and the picture of the frog going into the jaws of the crocodile is visible," it said.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena further claimed that most of the development projects which the PM will inaugurate today were done by Shiv Sena in the Municipal Corporation.
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"PM is about to inaugurate a super speciality hospital in Bhandup. Shiv Sena had given a promise regarding this hospital in its promissory note and in 2017 itself, a provision of Rs 150 crore was made to complete this work. The planning of the Mumbai sewerage project has been going on for the last 10-12 years. To remove the obstacles of various permissions, Central Pollution Board, and the Municipal Corporation took this matter to the Supreme Court and after the order of the Supreme Court, in May 2022, the tender process of this work was completed and a 'work order' was given," it claimed.
