TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his whirlwind poll rallies, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said he should address election meetings of all parties and not just the BJP. He said the prime minister, a star campaigner for the BJP in elections, and also chief ministers, should treat all as equal.
“While being sworn-in, the prime minister, chief ministers and ministers take oath that they will treat everyone as equal. ”Why should the prime minister go only for the BJP (poll) campaign?” he said, speaking at the 58th anniversary function of the weekly magazine Marmik on Monday.
“They (prime ministers) should go for poll campaign of all (parties). They should attend the poll campaign of the Shiv Sena, independents and Communists,” Thackeray said. He made a veiled reference to BJP president Amit Shah writing to the Law Commission, pitching various benefits of holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies in the country.
“One nation, one election is nice. If democracy has to take root in our country, then the Election Commission should ban prime minister, chief ministers and ministers from (participating in) poll campaigns,” Thackeray said.
