Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

FADNAVIS’S WIFE TROLLED FOR TWEET AGAINST THACKERAY

- HT Correspond­ent

MUMBAI: Former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta kicked up a controvers­y on Monday by passing remarks on chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray​

“One cannot be a ‘Thackeray’ also by just putting ‘Thackrey’ surname after his name! One needs to be true, principled & should think for betterment of people & party members above his own family & power dynamics!” Amruta posted on Twitter​

Sena leaders responded with criticism, with Varun Sardesai, secretary of Yuva Sena, suggesting on Twitter that Amruta may qualify for the next session of a reality TV show​ “In the past five years, we maintained decorum and did not say anything despite Amrutaji giving us several opportunit­ies​ We didn’t comment on her because she was not in politics​ Now, if she is commenting about the head of our party and the chief minister of the state in such a manner, she should be ready to face criticism by us,” said Sardesai about the controvers­ial post​

Amruta’s tweet was in response to a post by Fadnavis in which he wrote: “Rahul Gandhi’s statement is absolutely condemnabl­e! He is nowhere close to even a single good deed of Veer Savarkar & his greatness​ Not just this, he should not even do the blunder of considerin­g himself as ‘Gandhi’! One cannot become ‘Gandhi’ by just keeping his surname as Gandhi!”

Fadnavis defended his wife’s comment​ “Amruta Fadnavis is an independen­t personalit­y​ She takes her own decisions​ Some political party workers have stooped low to troll her,” he said​

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