MVA govt can’t be intimidated by ED, CBI probes: Uddhav Thackeray

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has hit out on the BJP for indulging in “politics of vendetta” and mentioned his Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities can not be intimidated by the ED and the CBI probes.

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He mentioned this in an interview to Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who can also be the manager editor of the social gathering mouthpiece Saamana, on the event of the MVA authorities finishing a yr in workplace on Saturday.

“This government has the blessings of people and it cannot be intimidated by ED and CBI probes,” Thackeray mentioned.

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“There is no end to vendetta politics. I am not in favour in taking this path. Stop this political perversity,” he mentioned.

His assertion comes three days after the Enforcement Directorates (ED) carried out raids on the premises linked to Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik in Mumbai and neighbouring Thane in reference to a money-laundering case.

The chief minister expressed confidence that his authorities comprising Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress will full the subsequent 4 years in workplace and mentioned that it’s as much as the individuals to determine after that.

Thackeray mentioned NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Congress president Sonia Gandhi confirmed political braveness to hitch palms with the Shiv Sena to kind the MVA authorities final yr.

“Some people thought these three parties will not come together and that the Shiv Sena had no option but to go behind them,” he mentioned with out naming the BJP.

The Shiv Sena and the BJP had contested the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections collectively, however the alliance fell aside after outcomes following variations over sharing the chief ministerial put up.

The Shiv Sena, which gained 56 seats, had mentioned the 2 events had reached such an understanding earlier than the elections, a declare denied by the BJP. The Sena then joined palms with the NCP and the Congress to kind the federal government.

‘Mumbai, our fortress’

On the BJP’s declare that it will wrest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from the Shiv Sena within the 2022 civic polls, Mr. Thackeray mentioned the BMC, which is managed by his social gathering, was a powerful fortress of belief for the Sena.

“Mumbaikars will not allow the fortress to crumble,” he mentioned.

Slamming the BJP out with out naming it for focusing on his son and state minister Aaditya Thackeray within the Sushant Singh Rajput dying case, he mentioned, “When I am challenged, I am encouraged. Don’t misjudge my demeanor of composure and patience.”

“Even you have families and children, and you are not clean. Not just me, but the people of the state will teach you a lesson,” Thackeray mentioned.

“Politicisation of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death was cheap politics…worse than perversity,” he mentioned.

He admitted that he had no expertise of operating a authorities and administration, however his household had a historical past of serving the individuals.

“There is excellent cooperation from allies in running the administration. While presiding over cabinet meetings, what surprises me is that all colleagues from Congress and NCP give me so much respect, although we were political rivals till recently.”

“There is no tightrope walk. We have gelled with each other very well. I was never under pressure of power. I had seen power from close, even though I had not experienced it,” he mentioned.

Replying to a question about him driving to Mantralaya (state secretariat) and his official bungalow ‘Varsha’ from his private residence in Bandra, he mentioned his ft had been firmly on the bottom.

“The clutch, break, accelerator and the steering wheel are firmly in my hands,” he mentioned.

On the criticism that he had remained indoors in the course of the pandemic, he mentioned, “I am working from my office. If I had not ventured out, the Shiv Sena wouldn’t have grown. Even during the lockdown, investments worth crores of rupees were brought to the state.”

Speaking on “love jihad”, a time period used by BJP leaders to explain non secular conversions within the guise of marriage, Mr. Thackeray requested whether or not the BJP’s alliances with events and leaders of various ideologies like PDP, Chandrababu Naidu, Nitish Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan weren’t “political love jihad“.

Thackeray said that being in the government he got less time to spend with Shiv sainiks in the last one year.

“Then there is coronavirus, due to which political gatherings are not allowed,” he mentioned.