Centre using NEP to create discord: Uddhav Thackeray

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Tags: BJP, National Educational Policy, Shiv Sena, Tamil Nadu, Uddhav Thackeray

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday expressed his support to Tamil Nadu on the issue of National Educational Policy, saying that the Centre is using the issue to create discord and division in the country.

Thackeray said that he agreed with Tamil actor Kamal Haasan who said that the BJP government at the Centre was trying to create ‘Hindia’. “Kamal Haasan was right when he said they (Centre) want to create Hindia, they want to create discord in the country. I recently met people from Bihar who said that there were several languages of the state that have become extinct because of Hindi, we are not against Hindi but the BJP wants to create division and rule (with the language issue), said Thackeray while addressing party cadres in Mumbai.

The Sena UBT chief had called the party meeting to rebuild the organisation with an eye on the upcoming Mumbai civic elections likely to be held in October-November this year. The Mumbai civic elections are significant for the Sena UBT as the party derived its power from ruling the Mumbai civic body for several decades. However, with Eknath Shinde splitting the united Shiv Sena, several former corporators from the Mumbai civic body have crossed over to the Shiv Sena.

Thackeray slammed the BJP for claiming that the party had begun wooing Muslims. “If Muslims vote for us, then why does it hurt BJP so much, Mohan Bhagwat goes to a mosque and they (BJP) label me. Muslims voted for me because of the work we did for the state during Covid-19. The BJP, however, is accusing us of leaving Hindutva,” claimed Thackeray.

Thackeray likened the BJP to Hitler and said that the BJP was following the latter’s path.