The state cabinet has approved a proposal empowering the government to nominate five additional directors, including four with voting rights. The move could give the Mahayuti-backed group an advantage in the contest for control.
Thackeray questioned why the government sought to introduce voting nominees after the BJP-backed panel fell short of a majority. He described the move as an attempt to avoid accepting defeat and accused the party of abandoning its principles to secure control of the dairy.
He also mocked the BJP’s “Save Democracy” rallies, arguing that a party holding power across different levels of government was staging demonstrations against the opposition while undermining an elected majority.
“If you genuinely respected and cared about democracy, you would never have resorted to such a move,” he wrote.
The MNS chief linked his criticism to Maharashtra’s severe water crisis, saying the BJP appeared to face an equally acute shortage of common sense.
His attack extended beyond the cooperative dispute. Thackeray criticised the BJP’s record on terrorism, law and order and the economy, suggesting sarcastically that it might next organise rallies to “save” the economy.
He said opposition parties had spent 12 years enduring the BJP’s pursuit of majorities and argued that the ruling party must now accept shifts in public support.
With voters beginning to move towards the opposition, Thackeray said, the BJP needed to learn to tolerate the changing political situation.
With PTI inputs
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