We will take to streets against MVA govt’s unjust policies: BJP
MUMBAI: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinod Tawde said his party will take to the streets to protest against the state’s“unjust policies”. The former state education minister made the comment during a press conference in Navi Mumbai on Saturday after day one of BJP’S two-day state executive conclave.
Several leaders, including legislators and parliamentarians from Maharashtra, attended the conclave’s first day at Terna College auditorium to discuss issues which will be taken up on day two of the conclave on Sunday. Day two of the conclave will be at Nerul’s Raheja Universal ground – which the party christened as Ram Kapse Bhoomi, after its late MP. BJP national president JP Nadda, state chief Chandrakant Patil and former chief minister (CM) Devendra Fadnavis will address around 10,000 workers on day two of the conclave.
Tawde said the BJP is planning to focus on its new role as the Opposition to “expose” the government. “You have to play the role assigned by the people. At the meeting tomorrow, we will work out the details on being an effective Opposition,” said Tawde, who was flanked by legislators Ganesh Naik and Manda Mhatre and Navi Mumbai BJP chief Ramchandra Gharat. “We will take to the streets to agitate against the injustice to farmers, women, slum dwellers and the denial of freedom to speak and other such issues in the interest and welfare of the people,” the former education minister said.
Tawde also took on former ally Shiv Sena. “The party [Sena] got an increased number of seats because of its alliance with the BJP. But after the polls people have seen how it [Sena] has betrayed the mandate for the sake of the CM’S chair. They broke the alliance with us and resorted to an unholy alliance with Congress and NCP,” he said.
Tawde also dismissed reports of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) corporators switching allegiance ahead of polls in April. “Only a couple of them who are unsure about getting a ticket are thinking of leaving. We are confident that the BJP will single-handedly win NMMC elections,” he said.
‘NO ALLIANCE WITH MNS’
Dismissing the possibility of an alliance with the Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), which has also adopted Hindutva politics, Tawde said, “Every party re-invents itself. However, as of now, I don’t think the BJP will ally with the MNS.”
‘SUPRIYA INDULGING IN DOUBLE SPEAK’
Commenting on NCP MP Supriya Sule objecting to a lecture by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Pune University, Tawde said, “She [Sule] says we should listen to what is being said at JNU [Jawaharlal University] and Jamia Millia Islamia. She should not indulge in double speak.”
‘BHIMA-KOREGAON CASE TRANSFER AS PER LAW’
“The CM has to take the decision [on transfer of Bhima-koregaon case] as per law and not as per the agenda of some,” Tawde said when asked about the CM’S nod to transfer the probe to NIA.