BJP cartoon says CM’S speech for BKC rally written by Pawar
MUMBAI : Ahead of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s rally at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) on May 14, the Mumbai unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released a cartoon depicting the Shiv Sena chief’s speech had been written by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar.
Sena hit back, saying Goddess Saraswati had always blessed the Thackerays, so they did not need any script.
The cartoon, posted on BJP’S official twitter handle, features Pawar and Thackeray with the NCP chief telling the CM in Marathi to memorise the script given by him and Thackeray replying in affirmative. The conversation comes with teasers of old speeches by Bal Thackeray and Uddhav being telecast on a TV in front of Pawar. The cartoon has been released with the comment: ‘the entire Maharashtra knows this’.
The cartoon comes in the backdrop of the criticism by
Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi leaders that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s speech for his April 2 rally at Shivaji Park was prepared by BJP. After Raj asserted his Hindutva agenda at the rally by announcing to oppose the loudspeakers on mosques, Sena, MNS, and BJP have been fighting to grab a piece of the Hindutva pie. Manisha Kayande, Sena spokesperson, said, “BJP has been expressing its frustration in every possible way. Goddess Saraswati has always blessed the Thackerays, so they do not need any script. Uddhav ji’s attacks are spontaneous, unlike the script that Fadnavis gets from Delhi. BJP writes scripts for Raj, [Gunaratna] Sadavarte, and the Ranas.”