Catch Dawood like Obama nabbed Osama, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray tells BJP
India Today
"You are demanding Nawab Malik's resignation. If he is guilty, he will resign," Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray told BJP MLAs.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday lashed out at the Centre after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached properties owned by one of his relatives in connection with a money laundering case.
Addressing the state legislative assembly, CM Thackeray said that if the BJP wants to form a government in Maharashtra and he is "in their way", the central government can put him behind bars but should not defame his family members.
"You are misusing your powers. Come! Let's fight man to man. I am ready to go to prison. Defaming families won't affect us. You are making lists of accused and giving them to the ED. You are the complainant, you are the investigator. Is it ED or domestic help? We have faith in the law and judiciary, we will face this," he said.
Opposition leaders, on the other hand, have been demanding the removal of NCP leader Nawab Malik from the state Cabinet.
Speaking on the issue, CM Uddhav Thackeray asked whether central agencies were sleeping when Malik contested elections and became a minister.
"You are demanding Nawab Malik's resignation. If he is guilty, he will resign. One thing that amazes me is that the central agencies are so hollow that Nawab Malik, who, according to you, is Dawood's henchman, travelled all over Mumbai and the country and was elected four or five times. What were agencies doing," he asked.
The chief minister of Maharashtra also said that central agencies have not been able to catch Dawood Ibrahim but are busy chasing his alleged henchman.
