Last updated: November 01, 2022, 10:51 PM IST
Aaditya and other Shiv Sena leaders (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) had challenged the 40 MLAs of the Shinde camp to resign and face elections. (File photo/PTI)
Sattar criticized former Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s visit to rain-stricken farmers in Aurangabad district.
Maharashtra’s Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar on Tuesday launched another attack on Shiv Sena MLA Aaditya Thackeray, challenging him to face an election by resigning from his constituency.
Sattar said he is ready to tender his resignation in a week if Chief Minister Eknath Shinde allows him and faces a by-election of the Sillod constituency in Aurangabad district, days after Aaditya said MLAs loyal to CM Shinde will publicly realize their position in the 2024 elections.
Aaditya and other Shiv Sena leaders (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) had challenged the 40 MLAs of the Shinde camp to resign and face elections.
“My challenge still stands. Even if he (Aaditya) doesn’t tender his resignation and if the CM allows me, I can resign and be elected within a week,” Sattar told reporters in Pune.
He said that no farmer who has suffered losses due to heavy rainfall will be excluded from government support.
“I had already spoken with the Prime Minister and the Deputy CM on the issue of giving aid to farmers. Once we have received all the panchnamas, the cabinet will approve the financial aid,” he said.
Sattar criticized former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s visit to rain-affected farmers in Aurangabad district. He also targeted Aaditya during his visits to farms of rain-affected farmers.
Sattar said that Uddhav Thackeray had only been visiting farms for 24 minutes.
“What did he see in 24 minutes? I don’t know. When he was the prime minister, he had said that the affected farmers should be paid Rs 50,000 per hectare, but he seems to have forgotten his words,” he said.
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