Mixing religion with politics was our mistake: Uddhav Thackeray

NAGPUR: While taunting BJP, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said that it was a mistake that his party mixed religion with politics. “Now we came to know that politics is a gamble. We suffered a lot by mixing religion with the politics. This, three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi government is our wealth. We three join hands and come together by hearts though there are three parties. This is "Auto Rickshaw wala" government and not "Bullet train wala".


Thackeray was speaking in the lower house in winter session while replying to the governors address on Thursday morning.

Replying to an allegation made by opposition BJP that his government is like a "Stagiti Sarkar" (Giving stay to all projects) Thackeray asserted that all stays will get lift soon after clarifying doubts and rectifying errors. He also assured that the government will not be vindictive as far as related to the development of the state.

Maharashtra CM Thackeray slammed estranged ally BJP over not keeping its word of implementing 50-50 formula decided by Sena-BJP alliance before the last Lok Sabha polls. "People of Maharashtra will decide our fate if we have had denied the people’s mandate after the assembly polls", he said.

Thackeray termed Belgaum between Maharashtra and Karnataka as "Karnataka occupied land" of Maharashtra and appealed the opposition BJP members to meet Union government together to put Maharashtra government's views.