“After I was the Chief Minister, did you hear even a single information that any challenge from right here went to Gujarat? Within the final two and a half years, since this Mindhe (Shinde) turned Chief Minister, so many industries have gone to Gujarat. All the things is being taken to Gujarat. Mumbai’s financial centre has additionally been taken to Gujarat. We’re not simply preventing for energy, however our combat is towards the looting of Maharashtra,” Thackeray stated in Ramtek, the place he unveiled the statue of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
He alleged that in previous two years Maharashtra did not bag initiatives and industries it ought to must neighbouring Gujarat. Notably, Vedanta-Foxconn had inked a pact with Gujarat in September 2022 for a Rs 1.54 lakh crore semiconductor challenge in Ahmedabad
Thackeray additionally accused Union House Minister Amit Shah of desirous to “end” him and NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
“Mohan Bhagwatji (RSS chief), do you agree with the BJP’s Hindutva? Goons are coming into this BJP, corrupt persons are coming. Do you agree with this? Amit Shah is coming to complete me and Sharad Pawar, will you allow us to be completed? Solely my individuals can end me, not Amit Shah. If my individuals inform me to sit down at house, I’ll sit at house, but when somebody from Delhi tells me to sit down at house, my individuals will make them sit at house. After our authorities got here to energy, I’ll cease the loot occurring in Maharashtra,” he stated.
Thackeray additionally slammed Chief Minister Eknath Shinde over the collapse of the Shivaji statue on the Malvan fort in Sindhudurg and termed it a humiliation for the state.A 35-foot-tall statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Sindhudurg district collapsed on August 26. It was unveiled on December 4 final 12 months as a part of Navy Day celebrations and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The collapse of the statue of the Maratha state’s iconic founder had sparked a major political battle between leaders of the state, with opposition criticising the Eknath Shinde-led authorities for the collapse.