UDDHAV, RAJ RALLY AGAINST BJP OVER TAINTED CANDIDATES, UNOPPOSED POLLS

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin, MNS president Raj Thackeray on Friday held their first joint rally for the the January 15 civic elections, hitting out at the BJP over a range of issues including its *poaching’ of leaders from other partiesand unopposed election of candidates of ruling parties.

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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, left, and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray during a press conference at the Sena Bhavan in Mumbai

The BJP has become so shameless that it can even induct demon king Ravana in the party, said Uddhav Thackeray.

Both the cousins also criticised the Nashik Municipal Corporation's plan to cut trees for building a ‘sadhugramr for the next year’s Kumbh Mela.

“Whether BJP’s Hindutva isreal or only for elections,” Uddhav Thackeray asked.

The BJP is only wearing a “burqa” (veil) of Hindutva, he said, adding that his party’s Hindutva is “inclusive and nationalist.”

‘The former Maharashtra chief minister said Tapovan in Nashik city, where the treesare proposed tobe cut, isa place where Lord Ramis believed to have stayed during his exile.