You deceived Balasaheb as he was 'gullible', but I'm 'shrewd', won't...: Uddhav Thackeray warns BJP
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"It is alleged that the Shiv Sena is not the same which it was during Balasaheb Thackeray's time. It is right. Balasaheb bhole hote (Balasaheb was gullible)," PTI news agency quoted Maharashtra Chief Minister as saying.
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday (May 1, 2022) launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that the party deceived his father Balasaheb Thackeray as he was "gullible". He warned his former ally that since he had seen it deceive the Shiv Sena founder, he himself was acting "shrewdly" with that party and cannot ignore the "games" it played in the guise of Hindutva.
"It is alleged that the Shiv Sena is not the same which it was during Balasaheb Thackeray's time. It is right. Balasaheb bhole hote (Balasaheb was gullible)," he said.
"I have myself seen how you deceived Balasaheb from time to time. Hence, I am behaving a bit shrewdly with you. I am not gullible. He was ignoring the games you played in the guise of Hindutva. But I won't ignore it," the Shiv Sena president added.
The Maharashtra chief minister said his father inculcated Hindutva in him.
Uddhav also took a veiled jibe at Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president and his estranged cousin Raj Thackeray and said that he does not pay attention to "new players" of Hindutva.
