In reply to Aurangzeb jibe, Uddhav Thackeray dubs Amit Shah political descendant of Abdali | Pune News

PUNE: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday called Amit Shah a political descendant of Ahmad Shah Abdali, responding to the Union home minister’s remark that he was the leader of the “Aurangzeb fan club”, besides saying BJP was involved in “Satta Jihad” (power jihad).
“If they (BJP) can call me ‘Nakli Sena’ or leader of the ‘Aurangzeb fan club’, I will be calling Amit Shah as the political descendant of Ahmad Shah Abdali from today onwards,” Uddhav said, addressing his party workers in the city during the convention of Sena (UBT).
Ahmad Shah Abdali (Durani) had invaded India after the Mughal empire weakened following the death of sixth emperor Aurangzeb. Abdali’s Afghan army had defeated Marathas in the third battle of Panipat in 1761. Shah had called Uddhav the leader of the “Aurangzeb fan club” when he was in the city to address BJP workers a few days ago. Uddhav also came down heavily on BJP over the Hindutva issue. “The party whose leader had gone to eat the cake of Nawaz Sharif is now criticising us for leaving the path of Hindutva. Recently, Shankaracharya said betrayers cannot be Hindus. You have betrayed us, so now you should clarify if you are still Hindu or not,” he said.
Referring to a recent Act passed by the Uttar Pradesh govt regarding unlawful religious conversion, Uddhav said, “They speak about ‘Love Jihad‘ but BJP is involved in ‘Satta Jihad’. They break other parties and MLAs to get power at any cost.”
He said, “BJP is targeting us for going with Congress, while it has gone with Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar, who are not at all Hindutva followers. BJP has formed an alliance with Naidu and Nitish only to be in power.”
Targeting the NDA govt over the leakage in the new Parliament building and Ram temple, Uddhav said, “The new Parliament building is barely one-year-old and it has started leaking. The newly constructed Ram temple is also leaking, but PM Modi is busy in demanding the accounts of what Congress has done in the past 70 years.”
Taking a dig at the NDA govt, he said, “This govt is full of leakages. Under its regime, even the JEE papers were leaked.”