Mumbai: Taking a dig at BJP leaders who
called Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'God's gift to India',
ally Shiv Sena today said citizens were god but the government
had turned them into beggars after demonetisation.
Many people termed British rule "divine dispensation'
during the colonial era, the Sena recalled in an editorial in
its mouthpiece Saamana.
But the British rule was not god's gift as it only looted
the people, it said.
"They survived here for 150 years using divide and rule
methods. Those who feel the current regime is divine
dispensation should stop insulting god. Citizens are god and
they have become beggars because of the demonetisation
decision," it said.
The Sena also accused the Modi government of lavishing
money on advertisements to claim credit for a host of issues
and asked why it was silent on pests attacking the cotton crop
in Vidarbha.
In a sarcastic comment on the bullet train, the Shiv Sena
said the project was a "gift" of the Modi government and asked
why it did not take credit when three women labourers were run
over by a train while crossing the tracks between Malad and
Goregaon stations in Mumbai three days ago.
"Thriving on some success achieved by sheer luck, will
the Modi and Devendra Fadnavis governments take responsibility
for the loss of traditional jobs in Vidarbha, bamboo growers
losing jobs...?"
If a jobless youth from Vidarbha joins Naxalites, who
will take the responsibility, the ruling party's ally wanted
to know.
Referring to Miss India Manushi Chhillar being crowned
Miss World, the Sena wondered why no one had come forward to
seek credit for her achievement.
