Launching a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA government, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today called for opposition unity and a "Modi-mukt Bharat"🐻 by 20⛦19.
All opposition parties should come together to get rid of the BJP-led NDA government to ensure a "Modi-mukt Bharat", he said.
Launching a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA government, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today called for opposition unity and a "Modi-mukt Bharat"🐻 by 20⛦19.
Addressing party workers at a rally at Shivaji Par༺k in central Mumbai, Thackeray said, "The c🌳ountry is fed up with the false promises made by (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi and his government."
A💖ll opposition 𒊎parties should come together to get rid of the BJP-led NDA government to ensure a "Modi-mukt Bharat", he said, while reminding the audience of the BJP's "Congress-mukt Bharat" slogan.
"India got its first independence in 1947, second in 1977 (after the post-Emergency election) and 2019 can🎐 bring a third independence if India becomes Modi-mukt," the MNS chief said.
If the Modi government was ousted and an inquiry was ordered into demonetisation, it (the note ban) might turn out t🐈o be the biggest scam in the country since 1947, he said.
Quoting🍃 an ISRO report, Thackeray said, "A large-scale desertification of Maharashtra is going on due to the depletion of groundwater. After Rajasthan, our state has reported the second highest rate of desertification in the country."
Saying this, h📖e went on to question Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's claim of digging of 56,000 wells in the state✅.
The MNS chief said he w𒁏as in favour of building a Ram temple in Ayodhya, but it should𓃲 not be used as an election issue.
"T🦂he Babri Masjid demolition case is in the Supreme Court and it will ﷽be deliberately discussed in the coming days to instigate communal riots," he claimed.
"The🎉 Ram mandir should be built, but it should not be used as an election plank to divide the society and win ♐votes," he said.
Taking a dig at Modi's foreign tours, Thackeray s🔯aid the prime minister was apparently visiting those countries to get "f🌠lour for pakoda" as the visits had not fetched any investments.
The MNS chief also said films like "Toilet Ek Prem Katha" and "Padman&👍quot; were a covert propaga🤡nda for government schemes.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who starred in both the films, was trying to follow the footsteps of Manoj Kumar, an actor who was popularly known as "Bhar🐽at Kumar", he added.
"But Akshay Kumar is not even an In𝓰dian citizen. He holds a Canadian passport and Wikipedia desc💞ribes him as an Indian-born Canadian actor," Thackeray said.
Taking potshots at Fa💃dnavis, who recently featured in a video song about river conservation, the MNS chief said, "There are so many problems in the state, but apparently 🍃the CM is busy singing songs."
Thackeray also questioned the government's decision to accord a state funeral to Bollywood actor 😼Sridevi last month.
"Sridevi was a great actor, but what did she do for the country that her boꦓdy was wrapped in the tricolour?" he asked.
The media might have covered her funeral extensively at▨ the government's behest to divert the people's attention from the Nirav Modi-Punjab National Bank scam🍷, he said.
The government was trying to control the media, judiciary and agencies lik𒉰e the CBI, Thackeray said, alleging that the media was under trem🎐endous pressure from the BJP-led government.
Incidentally, Thackeray had met Nationalist Congr𒁏ess P☂arty (NCP) president Sharad Pawar yesterday, ahead of today's rally.
He, however, described the meeting at Paw🍸ar's residence in south Mumba🥃i as a courtesy call.
(PTI)