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In an affectional entreaty to his enactment leaders and cadre connected the 60th instauration time of the agreed Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray connected Friday (June 19, 2026) offered to measurement down arsenic Shiv Sena (UBT) president if his leaders believed successful the allegations levelled against him by the defected parliamentarians.
He besides called for starting ‘Operation Lotus’ successful effect to ‘Operation Tiger’ allegedly carried retired by the Shiv Sena to lure six of its 9 Lok Sabha MPs into its fold. Mr. Thackeray besides refuted allegations that his enactment was apt to merge with the Congress.
‘BJP’s soiled politics’
Targeting the BJP for indulging successful “dirty politics”, helium said that Gen Z, which was being termed arsenic “cockroaches”, volition bring astir a alteration successful the country.
He deed retired astatine the ruling enactment for sending 2.5 lakh paramilitary forces successful West Bengal “to decision a woman”, challenging the authorities to presumption that galore unit successful Manipur oregon Pakistan-occupied Kashmir instead. “The BJP is moving from ‘One Nation, One Election’, to ‘One Nation, No Election’,” helium pointed out.
“We volition person to bash Operation Lotus. The mode authorities of this state is being conducted, people’s religion successful ideology is eroding. This is simply a menace to democracy. The mode we are going currently, we are moving towards anarchy,” helium said.
Taking a excavation astatine the MPs who person allegedly defected, helium said that his enactment did not merge with the BJP contempt being allied with them for 30 years. “And those who are leaving accidental that they feared we volition merge with the Congress,” helium said portion speaking to a charged up cadre astatine Mumbai’s Shanmukhanand Hall connected Friday nighttime wherever helium was accompanied by his lad Aaditya Thackeray, woman Rashmi Thackeray, enactment MLAs and MPs.
True heirs: Shinde
Meanwhile, during the instauration time lawsuit astatine NESCO Ground successful Goregaon country of the city, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena person Eknath Shinde hinted astatine much defections from the Shiv Sena (UBT). Without referring to ‘Operation Tiger’, helium said that “what was seen was lone a trailer, and that the movie was yet to beryllium screened”.
“Balasaheb Thackeray’s existent heirs are my Shiv Sainiks. Succession is not determined by humor relations but by ideology. Shiv Sena is not a portion of land; it is the ideology of millions of people,” helium told the gathering.
These events played retired amid turbulence successful Maharashtra’s governmental country owed to speculation that six MPs from Shiv Sena (UBT) are apt to defect and articulation Mr. Shinde’s Shiv Sena. This volition bring down the party’s spot successful Parliament from 9 MPs to three.
Shiv Sena (UBT) is an important state successful the absorption INDIA bloc. The enactment has already initiated disciplinary enactment against these six MPs for failing to be its parliamentary committee meeting. This is the 2nd divided successful the past 4 years to person rocked the party. In 2022, Mr. Shinde had taken with him 40 of the 55 MLAs of the erstwhile State Assembly, claiming the archetypal enactment and enactment symbol.
I don’t tally away: Thackeray
Responding to allegations levelled against him by the defected parliamentarians that helium was ne'er disposable and that they could not get his clip oregon attention, Mr. Thackeray connected Friday initially criticised them but made an affectional entreaty to them towards the extremity of his speech.
Stressing that the Thackeray household had ne'er sought power, helium said: “All these allegations are being levelled against me. You (defecting MPs) archer me. Do you judge successful them? If yes, I americium consenting to measurement down close now. I person lone 1 appeal. Do not fto this Shiv Sena get into the hands of thieves. One of you should travel up and I americium consenting to manus it implicit to you close now. You should reply those who level allegations against me. I don’t tally away. I volition basal strong. But I privation your support,” helium said.
He asked the cadre if they were consenting to enactment with him successful lawsuit helium did not combat elections oregon connection them immoderate tickets. He expressed gratitude towards each the enactment members for lasting by him and his household for 60 years.
Hitting retired astatine the BJP and the Shiv Sena for levelling allegations against the Thackeray family, helium said cipher saw the sufferings that the household has had to spell done each these years. He reiterated that the household has ne'er been attached to powerfulness and that helium was forced to instrumentality the Chief Ministerial presumption successful 2019 owed to the circumstances prevailing astatine the time.
