On Thursday, Shiv Sena (UBT) Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated a medical camp in Thane city on the eve of the birth anniversary of the late Anand Dighe, mentor of CM Eknath Shinde and a popular politician. It was Thackeray's first visit to Thane after Shiv Sena’s split last year. Thane is the home turf of Shinde who represents the Kopri-Pachpakhadi Assembly constituency in Thane district.
When Shinde was asked about Thackeray’s visit, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said that in a democratic set-up, everyone has the right to carry out the propaganda of one's political party and work towards the growth of the organisation.
Thackeray's visit as well as the mega medical camp is being seen as an attempt to rebuild the Shiv Sena (UBT) in Thane. He also paid floral tribute to Dighe at Anand Math, the de facto centre of the Sena movement in Thane for decades now.
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Speaking on the occasion, referring to Shinde and 39 MLAs, Thackeray said due to the "betrayal and defections" that took place, Shiv Sena and Maharashtra have been maligned.
"I am satisfied that despite the present foul situation, the Shiv Sena has not moved away from its goal. I am proud of it. The Shiv Sena supremo (Bal Thackeray) has taught us that 80 percent is social work and only 20 per cent political work. The real Sainiks are with us," he said.
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Thackeray also mentioned that those who left preferred to sell themselves for around INR 50 crore. Taunting the BSS leaders, Thackeray said slogans centred around INR 50 crore were being heard even in the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir. He claimed that the video of this was shown to him by party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut.
"These slogans have travelled across the country. But in the process, Maharashtra has been defamed as well as the Shiv Sena. There is no need to mourn for those who have left because the real Sainiks will light the 'mashaal' (party symbol of Thackeray's faction)," he asserted.
Meanwhile, Thane Lok Sabha MP Rajan Vichare and Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jitendra Awhad
accompanied Uddhav Thackeray.
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