‘Country moving towards autocracy’: Uddhav Thackeray at Opposition’s Delhi rally

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Former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misusing the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and the Income Tax Department, and said the ruling party should declare that the three agencies are their allies.I)..

Addressing the Loktantra Bachao Maha Rally (Save Democracy Rally) organised by the INDIA bloc at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, Thackeray said, We are not here for an election campaign, we are here to save democracy... you level allegations and send people to jail..

Thackeray questioned how a party filled with corruption scandals could effectively govern and pointed out instances where opposition leaders were targeted, including the arrests of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren..

The maharally, organised nine months after the formation of the INDIA bloc, witnessed leaders from various opposition parties gathering together at Delhis Ramlila Maidan to demonstrate the alliances collective strength..

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