Uddhav Thackeray attacks Shinde group by calling them 'crabs'

Shiv Sena (UBT) President and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday while talking about Eknath Shinde's betrayal to the party called them 'crabs' and said that their government was brought down by those hiding in the dam.

"My government was not washed away in the heavy rains last year. The crabs broke the dam, they were hiding there in the mud. We could do nothing as a crab is a crab, whatever effort you make to straighten them, they keep going sideways," said Thackeray while speaking to Shiv Sena's mouthpiece Saamna Executive Editor Sanjay Raut.

The Uddhav Thackeray-headed Maha Vikas Aghadi government collapsed in June last year after a revolt led by Eknath Shinde against the Shiv Sena leadership. Shinde later became the CM with BJP's support.


The two factions have also fought over symbols and claimed to be the real Shiv Sena.

He pointed out that crabs have a certain mindset, there's no need to cover a basket containing crabs, as when one goes up the others will put it down -- referring to the rebellion in the erstwhile Shiv Sena, and Eknath Shinde becoming Chief Minister after toppling the Maha Vikas Aghadi government headed by Thackeray.

While talking about a recent NDA alliance meeting held in Delhi, he slammed the current CM of Maharastra, Shinde for going to perform a 'mujra dance' before the Delhi Darbar when the state was reeling under the huge hillslide tragedy in Irshalwadi, Raigad on July 19, which killed 27 people.

Thackeray's sharp comments came in his annual marathon multi-media interview on the eve of his 62nd birthday on Thursday after the first installment of this podcast was published on Wednesday.

(With agency inputs)