TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ MNS chief Raj Thackeray has came down heavily on the BJP saying the saffron party is adopting all kinds of “mean methods” to win the assembly elections in Gujarat to be held next month. “The party has put all its strength in Gujarat to fight against Rahul Gandhi. It is also making use of (Patidar quota stir leader) Hardik Patel factor just to win the elections,” he said.
Referring the sex CDs allegedly featuring Hardik Patel, Thackeray said, “The BJP is making use of such mean methods as it is afraid now.” He said, “Till recently, the Gujaratis and Maharashtrians in the state had cordial relations, but the BJP has spoilt these relations. Now the relationship between the two communities is strained.” The MNS chief alleged that the BJP is conspiring to wipe out the sons of the soil and all its programmes are targeted towards that goal.
“Other states are protecting the interest of the locals people, which is not happening in Maharashtra,” he said adding that his party would continue with the agitations for the rights of Maharashtrians. Referring to his party’s drive against hawkers outside railway stations in the wake Elphinstone Road Station stampede in which 23 people lost lives, he said, “The agitation was a total success everywhere and everyone except the political parties appreciated it.”
