Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government for handling the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led agitation in an undemocratic manner.
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Thackeray said interacting with the protesters gave him a sense of people’s determination and courage to fight injustice.
He also stressed the need to improve coordination and communication between opposition parties to effectively confront the ruling government.
Thackeray also equated the dispensation with the British rule, saying that the way the BJP government brutally attacked the students, people now feel that the British were better than them.
“It is the government’s duty to listen to the protesters and resolve the issue through dialogue. But the government has ignored them. It is not a democratic way to deal with the protests,” Thackeray said.
He also referred to the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ program launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“You want the country to listen to Mann Ki Baat, but you are not ready to listen to Mann Ki Baat of the people. You have brutally attacked the students,” Thackeray said.
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He said that the youth are the future of the country, and they will not sit idly by, as this is about their future.
He asked: “Is the government conspiring to create chaos in the country?”
He also spoke at a state-level meeting in Maharashtra on July 23 called by Prakash Ambedkar, convenor of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).
“Now people want to take to the streets to raise their voices and they must be allowed to do so,” he said.
