After 6 MNS corporators joined Shiv Sena, Raj Thackeray slams Uddhav for 'dirty politics'

Two days after 6 of his corporators in the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation switched over to Shiv Sena, MNS chief Raj Thackeray attacked the Shiv Sena for "dirty politics". Raj also targeted his cousin and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and warned that he will never forget what the Shiv Sena has done.

Addressing a press conference at his residence, Raj said, "I never felt like reacting on the horse trading Shiv Sena indulged into. There is anger against the way money exchanged hands..."

"But the Shiv Sena is deliberately spreading rumours that whatever happened is with my permission. Had I wanted to send my corporators to Shiv Sena, I would have sent all 7. Why just 6?" Raj questioned.

Reminding the Shiv Sena that he did not split the party when he quit, Raj said, "When I quit Shiv Sena I had informed Balasaheb, and I had quit only because of Uddhav's dirty politics. I had decided that I will not split the party when I quit. But today, Uddhav and his associates have played dirty politics. People of Maharashtra will not forget this, and I too will never forget this and they will realise this in near future".

Raj also accused the Shiv Sena of betraying Marathi manoos by engineering a defection in a Marathi party.

"Each corporator was paid Rs 5 crore, this means Rs 30 crore was paid to buy these 6 corporators. Where did all this money come from?" Raj questioned.

Raj also announced that, henceforth, there will be no handshakes with Shiv Sena, now it will be just slaps.