Uddhav Thackeray dares PM Modi to campaign in state for assembly polls

The Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come to Maharashtra to campaign for the BJP during the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections reported the PTIAssembly polls in state are likely to take place in October this yearPM Modi was made to sweat in Maharashtra during the recent Lok Sabha polls 202 Uddhav Thackeray said referring to the campaign undertaken by the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA in which his party is a constituent along with the Congress and the NCP SP according to the PTIPM Modi must come to Maharashtra for Vidhan Sabha polls he said while addressing party workers in MumbaiUddhav Thackeray said that in the Lok Sabha elections PM Modi had to come to Kalyan to campaign for Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shindes son Shrikant Shinde to defeat a small worker of his partyUddhav Thackeray expressed confidence that despite all odds like losing his party name Shiv Sena and symbol bow and arrow to the rival camp led by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde he will return to powerThe National Democratic Alliance NDA won only 17 out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra The BJPs seat tally came down significantly from 23 in 2019 to nine this yearUddhav Thackeray also accused the ruling Mahayuti alliance of looting MumbaiUddhav Thackeray said that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC was being financially weakened and its money was being diverted for other infrastructure agencies like the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority MMRDA and Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited MSRDCThe Shiv Sena UBT chief said that after coming to power the MVA government will scrap the MMRDAOnly Centre can raise reservation limit by removing the 50 per cent cap Uddhav ThackerayMeanwhile Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that the state lacks the power to remove the 5037 cap on reservations asserting that only the Centre has the authority to raise the ceiling limit through Parliament reported the PTIUddhav Thackeray slammed the Eknath Shindeled government over the vexed Maratha reservation issue and demanded deliberations with various sections to find a solution through mutual understanding instead of holding discussions only with politiciansThe state does not have the right to increase the limit of reservations It can be resolved in Lok Sabha My MPs will back it if any law is proposed to increase the 5037 cap the former chief minister told reporters as per the PTIEveryone must go to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he should decide on resolving the reservation issue Whatever it is the decision we will accept it he saidwith PTI inputs