Muslims in India are not descendants of Aurangzeb; Our king is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: Devendra Fadnavis amid controversy

Akola: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that no Muslim in India is a descendant of Aurangzeb and nationalist Muslims in the country do not consider the Mughal emperor as their leader. He also hit out at Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar for visiting Aurangzeb’s tomb in Aurangabad district and asked Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray whether he approved of his act.

Earlier this year, Thackeray and Ambedkar forged an alliance. The visit to the VBA leader’s grave on Saturday came against the backdrop of protests and clashes in parts of Maharashtra over recent social media posts glorifying Aurangzeb.

“What happened in Akola, Sambhajinagar and Kolhapur was not a coincidence, it was an experiment. How did Aurangzeb get so many sympathizers in the state?” Fadnavis asked this question while addressing a public meeting on the completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government in Akola.

“How can Aurangzeb be our leader? Our king is only one and that is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj… Muslims in India, even they are not descendants of Aurangzeb. Tell me who are the descendants of Aurangzeb? Aurangzeb and Their forefathers came from outside,” he said. He said, “Nationalist Muslims in this country do not support him and they consider only Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as their leader.”

Hitting out at Ambedkar for visiting Aurangzeb’s tomb, Fadnavis asked him what was the need to do so. “Ambedkar says that Aurangzeb ruled our country for a long time. That’s why Hitler also ruled Germany. Many people worshiped Hitler like God… You didn’t expect this. Uddhav Thackeray with Ambedkar alliance. So will you (Thackeray) accept Ambedkar’s act?” He asked.

Who is producing descendants of Aurangzeb in the state? Fadnavis said those trying to disturb peace would be dealt with strictly. Criticizing Thackeray, the senior BJP leader said the Shiv Sena (UBT) president has borrowed “screenwriters” from allies Congress and NCP as there is no one left in his own camp to write speeches for him .

“But Uddhav ji, we know where and what is burning and how he feels. Whenever he is afraid of a leader, he claims that he is going to split Mumbai from Maharashtra. He says this all the time. But I can tell you one thing, no one can break Mumbai from Maharashtra.

He said, “When Thackeray backstabbed the BJP and joined hands with the Congress-NCP to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi government, I had said I would come back. I not only returned to power but also took Eknath Shinde with me as chief minister.” brought in as.”

Fadnavis said that late Balasaheb Thackeray had once said that he would rather shut down his party than join hands with the Congress and the NCP. He alleged, “But Uddhav ji kept his ideology aside and spoke cheap things against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.”

Taking a jibe at Thackeray, he said that those who sit at home all the time will never understand the charisma of Modi and Shah. He said while talking about the upcoming meeting of anti-BJP parties in Bihar. On June 23, many opposition leaders are going to share the stage in Patna. A picture of the same leaders taken in 2019 had 52 leaders but the main opposition Congress could win only 48 seats. Be a substitute for the banyan tree.”

PM Modi did the work of giving rights to the people in the country. India was one of only five countries in the world to produce an anti-coronavirus vaccine. Fadnavis said that the PM sent these vaccines to 100 countries.

He said that farmers in Maharashtra are getting benefited from various schemes of the Central Government like Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, Jal Jeevan Mission and Ujjwala Yojana. Speaking on the occasion, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule said that in the last nine years, India became self-reliant and PM Modi has emerged as the most popular leader of the world today.