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Maharashtra BJP's main spokesperson Keshav Upadhye connected Monday (September 29, 2025) demanded that Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray cancel his party's yearly Dussehra rally and utilise the expenditure for flood alleviation successful Marathwada.
When Mr. Thackeray was the State's Chief Minister, helium "failed to enactment and remained astatine home", Mr. Upadhye alleged, adding that this is the clip to "atone".
Several parts of Maharashtra, including the usually drone-prone Marathwada region, person been battered by dense rains, causing floods and wide damage.
Holding the Dussehra rally is simply a long-standing contented for Mr. Thackeray and the Sena. This year, helium is besides slated to code the rally astatine the Shivaji Park successful Mumbai connected the juncture of Dussehra connected October 2.
"Marathwada is reeling nether terrible floods, with radical losing everything. Thackeray has already toured 5 districts for 3 hours and expressed anguish astatine the symptom and suffering of the affected. Now is the clip for action. He should cancel the Dussehra rally and walk that magnitude for flood victims. That would springiness meaning to his expressions of sympathy," Mr. Upadhye said successful a station connected X.
The BJP person charged that erstwhile successful power, Mr. Thackeray had "failed to enactment and remained astatine home".
"This is the clip to atone. Cancelling the rally and diverting the funds volition amusement genuine interest for the people," helium added.
Mr. Upadhye besides criticised the contented of Mr. Thackeray's yearly rally, saying that successful the past, nether Shiv Sena laminitis Bal Thackeray, the lawsuit was known for its ideological direction.
"Now, it has been reduced to repeating the aforesaid publication of calling others traitors and alleging that his enactment was stolen. Why should mean workers beryllium burdened with lakhs of rupees for specified theatrics, erstwhile the aforesaid lament continues regular successful Sena-UBT mouthpiece] 'Saamana'," helium remarked.
Mr. Thackeray precocious visited flood-affected areas successful 5 districts of Marathwada, wherever helium met the affected radical and heard their grievances.
