Uddhav extend “permanent support”, if Modi waives farmers’ loan

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NCP Sharad Pawar as two sides of the same coin, Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray said his government would extend “permanent support” to the Devendra Fadnavis government if he waives farmers’ loan.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Uttar Pradesh and declared that farmers in that state will get loan waiver if BJP won…But he did not show the same sympathy for the dying farmers of Maharashtra…if Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announces loan waiver to farmers, the Shiv Sena will extend permanent support to his government,” he said.

Uddhav’s announcement assumes significance as the Sena has been threatening to withdraw support to the state government if it wins the BMC polls. He, however, lamented that despite his request, the Union Budget made no announcement of loan waiver for farmers.

Like his speeches in Mumbai since January 26, in Pimpri-Chinchwad too, Uddhav was in the mood to attack as he poured scorn on both the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister, clearly indicating that the BJP-Sena relations were now beyond repair. A major part of his speech was actually reserved for debunking Modi by calling him names and faulting his steps to contain black money and make the country “bhrashtachar mukt” and “bhay mukt.”