Uddhav: Modi and Shah traded pride for business

A day before the monsoon session of parliament, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP-led government of negligence in the Pahalgam terrorist attack and for trading national pride in the interest of business.

- Saurabha Kulshreshtha

In the second part of an interview to his party's mouthpiece Saamana, published on Sunday, Thackeray also said that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and he would together fulfil the dream of Maharashtra.

“Raj Thackeray and I can speak with each other any time. We are Thackerays. We do everything in the open, not secretly. If some have a problem with our reunion, we don't care. People, including many Muslims are happy about our reunion.”

Thackeray slammed Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah over the Pahalgam terrorist attack, asking how terrorists were able to reach deep into Indian territory, and where they had vanished after the attack. “Why couldn't the Modi government get them.”