Want to fight or fear Centre, Uddhav asks oppn CMs

August 26, 2020 17:37

Chief Ministers belonging to various opposition parties on Wednesday got together and discussed the issue of GST compensation to states, with Congress President Sonia Gandhi saying the Centre's refusal to reimburse the states was nothing short of betrayal of the people by the Modi government.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who joined the meeting, said, "We have to decide whether we want to fear or fight the government. The people who elected the BJP at the Centre also elected all of us. But if we do something it is paap (sin) and if they do anything then it is Punya (virtuous)?"

He pointed out that while his state was gradually emerging from the lockdown, schools remained shut. "Opposition chief ministers should speak louder as Central government is trying to suppress our voice. We should decide whether we have to fight or fear the Central govt," Uddhav said.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and chief ministers of Congress-ruled states Amarinder Singh, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and V Narayanasamy attended the meeting.

In her introductory remarks, Sonia Gandhi said she agreed with Banerjee and Thackeray that all opposition-ruled states should together fight the Centre for their rights.

"We have to work together and fight together against the Central government," Gandhi said at the meeting while endorsing Banerjee and Thackeray.

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