Lok Sabha 24 : Mumbai – Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi\u2019s \u2018Mera Baap Gaddar Hai\u2019 remark targeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his son Shrikant Shinde ignited a massive in the state row on Thursday with the rival Shiv Sena slamming her for the \u2018filmy\u2019 jibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canvassing for Shiv Sena (UBT) nominee from the Mumbai North East Lok Sabha seat, Sanjay D. Patil, in Ghatkopar late on Wednesday, Chaturvedi slammed CM Shinde and his son Shrikant Shinde, who is eyeing a hat-trick from the Kalyan Lok Sabha seat in the adjoining Thane district. \u201cWho are you Eknath Shinde? What are you? You are nothing but a \u2018gaddar\u2019 (traitor),\u201d Chaturvedi said, reminding the gathering of the split in the undivided Shiv Sena in June 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chaturvedi continued: \u201cWhatever you do, you cannot escape the \u2018gaddar\u2019 taint\u2026 It will haunt even your family, as in the film \u2018Deewar\u2019 (1975).\u201d She was referring to the famous dialogue by Amitabh Bachchan to his brother Shashi Kapoor in the film, pointing out how some goons had tattooed \u2018Mera Baap Chor Hai\u2019 on his arm. \u201cIn the same manner, the CM\u2019s son, Shrikant Shinde, will always carry the burden. \u2018Mera Baap Gaddar Hain\u2019 is written on his forehead and he cannot escape the consequences,\u201d Chaturvedi said amid thunderous applause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reference was to the unprecedented revolt in June 2022 when the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by then CM Uddhav Thackeray was toppled and Eknath Shinde hopped onto the CM\u2019s seat with BJP\u2019s support. Taking more potshots, she said the MVA is poised for a huge victory all over Maharashtra and it\u2019s the \u201cpeople\u2019s fight versus the ruling MahaJhoothi alliance\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MahaYuti alliance hit back on Thursday with Shiv Sena deputy leader Sanjay Nirupam, spokespersons Sheetal Mhatre and Sanjay Shirsat, and BJP\u2019s Nitesh Rane attacking her for the filmy jibe. Calling it a highly inappropriate statement coming from a woman MP of the SS (UBT), Nirupam claimed it was Uddhav Thackeray who became a \u2018Maha Gaddar\u2019 after he betrayed the BJP to join the MVA partners Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (in October 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf she truly believes her statement, then Aditya Thackeray\u2019s forehead should say \u2018Mera Baap Maha-Gaddar Hai\u2019. His father had committed a treachery of Balasaheb Thackeray\u2019s ideals by joining hands with the Congress, which the former opposed all his life,\u201d Sanjay Nirupam said. Responding to Chaturvedi’s statement, Chief Minister Shinde-led Shiv Sena spokesperson Sheetal Mhatre said, “She wanted to contest from the Mumbai North West seat, but because it was not possible, she is making such comments.” Her Rajya Sabha tenure is ending soon, so she is lobbying for a second term and also warned that she would be compelled to reveal certain things about SS (UBT) leaders like Aditya Thackeray in Davos (Switzerland), and asked Chaturvedi to mind her language when speaking about the Chief Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shirsat said that if needed, he could also give an appropriate reply to Chaturvedi but he was restraining himself as he did not want to be accused of attacking a woman MP, but said that she must exercise restraint. Rane called Chaturvedi\u2019s statement \u2018nonsense\u2019 and asked whether it was appropriate to use such language about someone\u2019s father from a public platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat if the MahaYuti leaders speak something like this about the Thackerays? Will it be acceptable to Chaturvedi if something is said about her father,\u201d Rane asked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lok Sabha 24 : Mumbai – Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi\u2019s \u2018Mera Baap Gaddar Hai\u2019 remark targeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his son Shrikant Shinde ignited a massive in the state row on Thursday with the rival Shiv Sena slamming her for the \u2018filmy\u2019 jibe. Canvassing for Shiv Sena (UBT) nominee …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[80],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"class_list":["post-2916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india-news","tag-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2918,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2916\/revisions\/2918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2916"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_format&post=2916"},{"taxonomy":"flags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fflags&post=2916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}