Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray throughout an interplay with the media at Matoshree in Mumbai, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree, the Thackerays’ non-public residence, in Mumbai on Friday.
Mr. Thackeray invited Mr. Kejriwal and different AAP leaders for tea at his residence, and politically, the meeting was thought-about necessary as efforts are being made to unite the opposition in the nation.
It additionally got here at a time when the Shiv Sena, the occasion shaped by Mr. Thackeray’s father, the late Bal Thackeray, in June 1966, has been taken over by rival Chief Minister Eknath Shinde following the Election Commission’s latest order, and in the nationwide capital the Kejriwal authorities is embroiled in the alleged snooping case and liquor rip-off.
“We wanted to meet for a long time. There is no need to say why we wanted to meet,” the 62-year-old Thackeray stated after the meeting. He stated a number of senior leaders from throughout the nation are contacting him of late to satisfy.
Pat for Uddhav
Praising Mr. Thackeray, the Delhi Chief Minister stated, “the way Uddhav ji controlled the coronavirus pandemic when it was at its peak was laudable. I have no hesitation in saying that we from Delhi learnt a lot from Mumbai and Maharashtra.”
He stated that on the meeting, they mentioned varied points, together with how the Central authorities is ‘mortgaging’ the nation to ‘save the capitalists’, and the present scenario in the nation. “They [the NDA government] have failed to fulfill several promises made by them,” Mr. Kejriwal stated.
When requested in regards to the present political scenario (mayoral election) in Delhi, the AAP National Convener stated that individuals of Delhi had given them an opportunity, however the BJP had put hurdles in the mayoral election.
Meanwhile, netizens and several other political leaders criticised Mr. Mann for his go to to Mumbai, when an enormous conflict broke out between radical Khalistani chief Amritpal Singh’s followers and the Punjab police over the arrest of Lovepreet Toofan in an alleged kidnapping case. However, Mr. Mann stated he was right here on a two-day go to to draw investments to the State.