Sena doesn't pull punches, says BJP
only aiming to stay in power
“BJP asks us to give it support
on the basis of similar ideologies and principles. You (BJP) also know that the
ideology of NCP is only to loot Maharashtra,” it alleged.
Firing
a fresh salvo ahead of Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party government’s trust
vote on Wednesday, Shiv Sena has warned its former ally that it will be
disrespecting people’s mandate if it takes support of Nationalist Congress
Party which “nibbled the state coffers like a mouse”.
“Maharashtra
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis once said that he wants to run the government
for the people. But how do you plan to run the government taking support of a
party that has been discarded by the people of the state? Will you win the
trust vote taking support of a party which has nibbled at the state coffers
like a mouse? Will you take support of a mouse?”, the Sena said in an
editorial in its mouthpiece Saamna.
Taunting
its former ally, the party said the BJP is ready to take Sena’s support to save
face during the trust vote, but is unrelenting on carrying forward talks
regarding Sena’s role in the state government.
“BJP
asks us to give it support on the basis of similar ideologies and principles.
You (BJP) also know that the ideology of NCP is only to loot Maharashtra,” it
alleged.
“But
you (BJP) have nothing to do with that? You are ready to take their
unconditional support,” the Sena said while asking the BJP “on whose tunes it
plans to dance now”.
It is
a strange scenario where the party with largest mandate is joining hands with a
party that fared badly during the recent assembly elections, the Sena said.
“Why
was the NCP thrown to the fourth position this time? What kind of principles
does the BJP talk about when it agrees to take support of a party which was
relegated to the fourth position by the people,” it said.
“Saving
the government is the only priority of BJP, for which it will also take support
of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen which is working towards vitiating the
minds of people,” the Sena alleged.
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