We’ve come together to stay together: Uddhav on reunion with Raj Thackeray
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We’ve come together to stay together: Uddhav on reunion with Raj Thackeray
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said that the two have now come together to stay together. The two cousins reunited on Saturday to celebrate the Maharashtra government’s rollback of Hindi as an optional third language. The joint victory gathering, where the two estranged cousins reunited, was titled ‘Awaj Marathicha’
“We have come together to stay together… We have united to protect Marathi,” Uddhav Thackeray said while addressing the victory gathering.
“I want to tell you all that us coming together is just a trailer. This is just the beginning…” he added.
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Earlier, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Raj Thackeray addressed the event and said “CM Fadnavis managed to do what Balasaheb Thackeray could not – bring myself and Uddhav together.”
Further referring to the upcoming elections in 29 municipal corporations in Mumbai, the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief confidently said, “I and Raj Thackeray will capture power in Mumbai civic body and Maharashtra.”
These statements were made when the two cousins reunited on Saturday to celebrate the Maharashtra government’s rollback of Hindi as an optional third language. The joint victory gathering, where the two estranged cousins reunited, was titled ‘Awaj Marathicha’.
To celebrate “this triumph of Marathi unity,” the two parties are holding a rally at the NSCI Dome in Worli. The event drew thousands of Marathi enthusiasts and was teeming with supporters of both parties – a never-seen-before spectacle that could create ripples in Maharashtra’s shifting political landscape.
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‘We have come together to…” Uddhav Thackeray’s big hint at reunion rally with Raj Thackeray
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray hinted that his reunion with his cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackerays would be permanent. The two cousins, who parted ways in 2005, are holding their first joint rally in two decades. The Maharashtra government scrapped two GRs to introduce Hindi as the third language in the state under the New Education Policy (NEP) “We have come together to stay together,” UddHav said during the rally.
At the start of their joint rally at Mumbai’s Worli Dome on Saturday, Uddhav and Raj shared a hug. The two cousins, who parted ways in 2005, are holding their first joint rally in two decades as the Maharashtra government scrapped two GRs to introduce Hindi as the third language in the state under the New Education Policy (NEP).
“We have come together to stay together,” Uddhav said during the rally.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) supremo hailed his cousin’s speech, saying that there was no need for him to speak as Raj had already delivered an outstanding speech.
“Since we announced this program, everyone was eagerly waiting for our speech today, but in my view, we both coming together, and this stage was more important than our speeches. Raj Thackeray has already given a very outstanding speech, and I think there is no need for me to speak now,” he said.
Raj Thackeray takes a dig at Devendra Fadnavis
Speaking at the rally, MNS chief Raj Thackeray took a dig at chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, saying that he did what Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray couldn’t do: uniting the two cousins.
“I had said in one of my interviews that my Maharashtra is bigger than any politics and fight. Today, after 20 years, Uddhav and I have come together. What Balasaheb could not do, Devendra Fadnavis did it. The work of bringing both of us together,” he said.
Raj Thackeray said that he doesn’t have anything against the Hindi language. He pointed out that the Maratha empire didn’t impose Marathi over the vast regions it ruled.
“I don’t have anything against Hindi, no language is bad. It takes a lot of effort to build a language. We Marathi people ruled over a lot of states during the Maratha Empire, but we never enforced Marathi on those parts,” he said.