Overview

• At Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, Uddhav Thackeray likened the BJP to an “amoeba” and accused the BJP, RSS and the Shinde faction of promoting fake Hindutva.
• He warned that a BJP victory in the BMC would hand Mumbai to Adani and pledged a white paper on alleged civic irregularities under the Mahayuti government.
• Thackeray questioned the moral standing of his opponents by invoking celebrations for the Bilkis Bano convicts, critiquing the arrest of activist Sonam Wangchuk, and challenging RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s stance.
• He signalled unity with Raj Thackeray’s MNS and urged Marathi voters to teach the BJP a lesson in the forthcoming local body elections.
• Eknath Shinde rebuked him with a “Hindutva T-shirt” jibe and allegations of betrayal, while Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule called the address venomous and a mark of desperation.