‘Shiv Sena not like your degree,’ retorts Uddhav Thackeray to PM Modi's 'fake' jibe against his party

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Uddhav Thackeray, chief of Shiv Sena (UBT) has in a retort to Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the BJP leader's "fake degree" controversy, as per an ANI report. Referring to Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah labelling his faction of the Shiv Sena as "fake", Thackeray said that the Maharashtra-based party was founded by Bal Thackeray and is "not your degree", it added. He was speaking at a campaign rally in Boisar on April 12.

"The Shiv Sena, which was founded by Bal Thackeray to fight for the rights of sons of soil, is being called fake. They say that this is a fake Shiv Sena. It is not your degree to call it fake.

Is this your degree which you are calling fake? After him (PM Modi), his other party member Amit Shah came and he also called it fake," Thackeray said. Thackeray also defended the chances of the INDIA bloc, stating that they will win over 300 seats in the coming Lok Sabha elections. "I am saying this with pride and confidence, that the INDIA alliance will form the government and will win more than 300 seats," he said.

Addressing a rally in Chandrapur (Maharashtra) on April 8, the prime minister had taken jibes at the opposition's INDIA alliance and its member parties. "INDIA alliance partner DMK is talking about finishing Sanatan and linking Sanatana Dharma to malaria and dengue. And the Congress and the fake Shiv Sena are calling the same people for rallies in Maharashtra," Modi had said.

Meanwhile, senior BJP leader Amit Shah on April 11 said the three allied parties in Maharashtra have two "fake" and one "half". "Three parties have united in Maharashtra under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. One fake Shiv Sena, one fake NCP, half Congress.