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Uddhav Thackeray calls for regime change at 60th Dussehra rally
The Hindu·
Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday the opposition stands for regime change and promised acche din after dislodging the BJP led Centre. At the 60th Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, he said youth may protest because vote chori affects everyone. Thackeray distinguished his Hindutva from the BJP. Bal Thackeray held the first Shivaji Park rally in 1966.
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What It Means For You
- Thackeray urged workers to strive for national government change.
- He framed street protests as a right against alleged vote theft.
- He called for unfurling the saffron flag atop Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha and Red Fort.
What's Happening
- Thackeray spoke at Shivaji Park on October 20.
- Tuesday marked 60 years since the Sena's first Dussehra rally there.
- He said protesting youth are revolutionaries seeking rights, not Naxalites.
Acche din slogan history
- Acche din was a centrepiece BJP slogan in the 2014 Lok Sabha campaign.
- Thackeray accused the BJP of dividing people by separating tricolour colours.
- He alleged BJP activists who eve-tease women distort Hindutva.
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