‘Uddhav reaping what he had sown’

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Sandeep Deshpande on Monday called Uddhav Thackeray a ‘two-faced snake’, claiming that the former chief minister was “reaping what he had sown”.

Citing the “forced” resignation of Raj Thackeray from Shiv Sena in 2005 and the circumstances leading to it, the MNS leader said Uddhav was suffering today what his nephew went through earlier. “Uddhav Thackeray is a two-faced snake. When 40 MLAs of Shiv Sena left him and formed the government with Eknath Shinde, he called them traitors. What kind of hypocrisy is this? Uddhav Thackeray is reaping what he had sown,” he said.

Alleging that Uddhav had always resorted to the politics of breaking up rival forces, Desh- pande alleged that he had inducted 6 MNS corporators at a time when Raj Thackeray’s son was admitted to hospital.

“Uddhav Thackeray has always indulged in the politics of breaking rivals. Everyone knows that when Amit Thackeray (son of MNS chief

Raj Thackeray) was admitted in the hospital, he (Uddhav) took advantage of that opportunity and prised away 6 of our corporators by giving them Rs 5 crores each. His past deeds are coming back to haunt him,” the MNS leader said.

“Everyone knows what Uddhav Thacker-

Govind Pansare murder: Several outfits hold ‘jawab do’ protest!

Nagpur: Several political and social outfits on Monday held a protest against the 2015 murder of communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare.

He and his wife were shot at in Kolhapur city on February 15, 2015. Pansare died five days later, while his wife survived.

Among the outfits that took part in the ‘jawab do’ (give answers) protest at Nagpur’s Samvidhan Square were the Com- munist Party of India, the Janata Dal (Secular), the Nationalist Congress Party, the Socialist Unity Centre of India and the Maharashtra Andhshraddha Nirmoolan Samiti.

“It has been eight years since Comrade Pansare was killed but the police has still not