TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a “tigress” for decimating the communists in her state, a task, which the Sena said, the Congress and the BJP had “failed” to do. The remarks come two days after Mr Thackeray met the Trinamool chief at a south Mumbai hotel.
“Some of the stands by Mamata Banerjee may be controversial, and some of them may not match with that of the Sena’s. But in her state, she decimated the communists, against whom the Shiv Sena has always fought. The tigress did what the Congress and the BJP could not do. She brought to an end the 25-long rule of the communists,” the Sena said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.
“For doing so, she did not have to tamper with the EVM machines or buy votes. People gave her the responsibility to lead the state with a lot of trust. But attempts are now being made to stall development and create financial problems in West Bengal. It is not right to add to the woes of a state and push it backwards just because it does not subscribe to your school of thoughts. That state (Bengal) is a part of India and derailing its development hinders the development of the nation,” it said.
