Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray was siding with the Congress, whose leaders have insulted Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar.
After releasing the BJP’s manifesto for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, Shah also said his party will not allow religion-based reservation in the country.
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) (comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) of Sharad Pawar) has no credibility, the senior BJP leader said.
“The Maha Vikas Aghadi’s trust has gone below ‘pataal’. It has no credibility,” he said.
The Mahayuti (which includes the BJP, Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s NCP) faces the challenge from the MVA, whose promises insult ideology and promote appeasement, Shah said.
The Congress reneged on pre-election promises made in states ruled by it now, he added.
“I want to ask Uddhav Thackeray if he can request Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to say two good words for Veer Savarkar,” Shah said.