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Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray has criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his scheduled US visit and has also asked as why he was going abroad when Manipur is hit by violence...
His statements came while addressing a state-level convention of his party, the first since the rebellion split Shiv Sena last year..
. Thackeray also alleged that there have been claims that PM Modi can stop the Russia-Ukraine war, on this he said, So Modi should stop the violence in Manipur and restore peace and then we will believe these claims."..
The Congress too on Sunday criticised PM Modi for not speaking on the Manipur crisis in his 'Mann Ki Baat' radio broadcast and asked when will he say or do something about the "unending violence" in the northeastern state..
Shinde later became chief minister with the BJP's support and the Election Commission of India subsequently granted his faction the original party name and 'bow and arrow' symbol, while the Thackeray group was named Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)..
