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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde connected Thursday (October 2, 2025) seized connected Congress person P. Chidambaram’s remarks and said the UPA government’s determination not to onslaught Pakistan aft the 26/11 Mumbai panic onslaught “under someone’s pressure” amounted to “treachery”.
Speaking astatine the yearly Dusshera rally of the Shiv Sena successful Mumbai, Mr. Shinde besides targeted Uddhav Thackeray, caput of the rival faction, accusing him of moving against his ain enactment colleagues.
“Hundreds of radical died (in the 2008 panic attack), and nether someone’s pressure, you (the UPA government) did not onslaught Pakistan. This is helplessness and cowardice. This is dishonesty with the country. It is treachery with the radical of India,” Mr. Shinde said, referring to Chidambaram’s caller statement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Armed forces responded powerfully to the Pahalgam panic attack, helium said, noting, “Blood was met with humor and cannons responded to bullets.” PM Modi taught a pugnacious acquisition to Pakistan, sending retired a connection that nary different state would travel successful betwixt India and its neighbour, the Shiv Sena main said. “It was lone Modi who could accidental it, and we should beryllium arrogant of it,” helium added.
In a caller podcast, erstwhile Union Minister Chidambaram suggested that helium favoured subject retribution pursuing the 26/11 panic attack, but the UPA authorities yet decided against specified a move. He besides noted that satellite powers, including the U.S., wanted India to not commencement a war.
“Who is Pakistan earlier us? A jackal cannot go a lion conscionable by wearing its skin,” Mr. Shinde further said, adding, “A lion is ever a lion, and Prime Minister Modi is similar a lion.”
Targeting the rival Shiv Sena (UBT), Shinde taunted that its Dusshera rally should person been held successful Pakistan.
“Your rally should person been held successful Pakistan and you should person invited Pakistan Army main Asim Munir arsenic main guest,” helium said, claiming that the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena questioned the valour of the Indian Armed forces and “spoke Pakistan’s language.” Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders had said earlier that Shinde should clasp his party’s rally successful neighbouring Surat and invitation Amit Shah arsenic main guest.
“Our rally is successful India, and if it is held successful Surat, we volition not hesitate to invitation Union Home Minister Amit Shah. You person nary motivation close to criticise us,” Mr. Shinde told the rival faction.
Without naming Uddhav Thackeray, Mr. Shinde accused him of moving against his ain enactment colleagues.
“How tin helium beryllium a person erstwhile helium relentlessly works to suppress his ain enactment colleagues? Is determination immoderate specified person successful different governmental parties who acts against his ain enactment leaders?” asked Mr. Shinde, who parted ways with Thackeray successful 2022, splitting the Sena.
“He ever termed whoever near the enactment arsenic garbage, but volition helium ever introspect?” the Deputy Chief Minister asked.
The UPA authorities was corrupt, Mr. Shinde said, adding that aft becoming Prime Minister, Mr. Modi ensured that each corrupt radical went to jail.
