Mumbai: A day after Shiva Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, an editorial in Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the ‘Older brother’ of Thackeray.
The Shiv Sena broke the longstanding partnership with the BJP over a power sharing tussle and formed the government joining hands with rivals-Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress. Soon after Uddhav Thackeray became the first from the Thackeray family to become the CM of Maharashtra, Saamana has an editorial delving upon various issues. Stating that PM Modi doesn’t belong to any one party, the editorial states that he must fulfill his responsibilities towards Maharashtra irrespective of the equation that the BJP shares with the Sena now in Maharashtra.
“For farmers of Maharashtra, relief has to come from the central government. Even though there are problems for Shiv Sena and BJP in Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray and Modi ji are like brothers for each other. Therefore for his younger brother of Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a responsibility,” Saamana has written in its editorial.
In its editorial, Shiv Sena further said, “Uddhav Thackeray took oath as the chief minister. The new government is like a revolution in Maharashtra. Uddhav’s government will be of truth and justice for Maharashtra. In five years the Fadnavis government put Maharashtra in debts of Rs 5 lakh crore and Uddhav will act fast yet carefully.”
