Need to see reasons for Thackerays' possible reunion, says state Congress chief Sapkal
Uddhav Thackeray
and MNS chief
Raj Thackeray
— have signalled a possible reunion for the civic polls, MVA member Congress has decided to take a wait and watch approach on the matter.
According to Congress politicians, they are keen to know if the reasons for their coming together are more on the family front or solely on the Marathi language row. The party will take a call on continuing in the alliance or inviting Raj Thackeray on board only after discussions with the top brass in Delhi, they said.
State Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal said as far as the INDIA and MVA are concerned, they contested the Lok Sabha and assembly elections together.
"Now, the decision about the alliance for the civic body polls has been left to the district units. In the case of the Thackerays' reunion, we will have to see if they are coming together at the family level or only for the Marathi cause. Once we get clarity on it, we will speak to our central leadership and other alliance partners before taking the next step.
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Sapkal criticised BJP over the Hindi-Marathi controversy. "The issue shows the double standard of BJP and RSS.
On the one hand, RSS says it supports regional languages, while BJP is pushing for Hindi. That is one example of how BJP and RSS are creating confusion in the minds of people to push their agenda," he said.
After a gap of 18 years, the Thackeray cousins held a joint rally in Mumbai over the Hindi-Marathi row. Although Uddhav Thackeray hinted at continuing the reunion beyond the rally, there has been no clarity from both parties about their future plans. WIth the civic body polls approaching, there are speculations about Sena (UBT) and MNS joining hands.
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