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Uddhav Thackeray Backs Regime Change Call and Slams Government
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Moneycontrol•17-10-2026, 21:35
Uddhav Thackeray Backs Regime Change Call and Slams Government
- •Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray claimed that the BJP-led Centre is taking away citizens' right to vote and protest.
- •Thackeray strongly supported senior advocate Prashant Bhushan's call for a regime change in the country.
- •He condemned the alleged police brutality against youth and women participating in demonstrations in the national capital.
- •Thackeray mocked the ruling party by stating that those who claim to have brought Ram are now scared of cockroaches.
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Uddhav Thackeray backed the regime change call after criticizing the BJP-led Centre for allegedly taking away citizens' rights to vote and protest, pointing to police brutality against protesters in the national capital.
Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan asserted during a press conference that spreading disaffection against a government is not a crime in a democracy and that the current struggle is truly for a regime change.
Addressing the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Patrakar Parishad, Thackeray questioned whether thousands of police personnel had been deployed in Delhi to play dandia, referencing both the Navratri season and the batons used on protesters.
