BJP remained busy trying to topple Maha govt: Uddhav Thackeray

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ On the eve of the winter session of Maharashtra legislature, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party for accusing his government of “non- performance”, saying the Opposition party was “so busy” trying to “topple” his government that it failed to notice various welfare measures being undertaken.               

Addressing a press conference, Thackeray hit out at Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Devendra Fadnavis for his remarks of “an undeclared Emergency” in the state. “If there is an undeclared Emergency in Maharashtra, then is there a declared Emergency in the rest of the country given the manner in which the protesting farmers are being targeted on the outskirts of Delhi?” Thackeray asked.    

He questioned whether “pouring water on farmers (use of water cannons) in biting cold is a sign of harmony?” Without taking names, the CM, who also heads Shiv Sena, criticised the attempts to “discredit” the protests by farmers. “The BJP should decide whether protesters have support from Pakistan, China or Maoists. You bring sugar and onions from Pakistan. Now farmers are also coming from Pakistan,” he said sarcastically.