Nitin Gadkari slams Uddhav Thackeray over taint jibe at Devendra Fadnavis

Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray's taint jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis led to condemnation from Union minister Nitin Gadkari and tearing of Thackeray's posters by BJYM workers.

BJYM workers raised slogans against Thackeray and tore up his posters near the Nagpur airport. A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said they will hold demonstrations on Tuesday morning in the city against the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader.

Gadkari condemned the remarks by Thackeray. He said Thackeray can discuss the development works done by the BJP when we are in power and when they (MVA) were in power. But levelling personal allegations at such a low level does not suit the political culture of Maharashtra, the Nagpur MP tweeted.

Addressing BJP workers in Nagpur, the home turf of Fadnavis, Thackeray had said the BJP leader was a taint on Nagpur as he had aligned with the NCP despite asserting he would never do so.

श्री उद्धव ठाकरे यांनी नागपूरमध्ये श्री देवेंद्रजींबद्दल केलेले वक्तव्य निंदनीय आहे. राजकारणात भाषेचा स्तर राखायला हवा. आम्ही सरकारमध्ये असताना केलेले विकासकार्य आणि त्यांनी केलेले कार्य यावर त्यांनी जरूर चर्चा करावी, परंतु अशा पद्धतीने अत्यंत खालच्या स्तरावर जाऊन व्यक्तिगत आरोप…

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) July 10, 2023