The newly-built Motera Stadium was renamed the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat on February 24
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. File Pic
On February 25, amid a controversy over the renaming of the cricket stadium, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani clarified that the name change involves only the Motera stadium and the sports complex where it is located will continue to be named after Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Hitting out at Congress, Rupani had said, "We are building a sports complex on a 233-acre land and have named it as Sardar Patel Sports Complex. Only the cricket stadium has been named Narendra Modi Stadium. So Congress has no right to criticise."
The newly-built Motera Stadium was renamed the Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat on February 24.
Meanwhile speaking in the Assembly today, Thackeray said: "Shiv Sena was not a part of the freedom struggle but neither was BJP's parent organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Just chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' doesn't make you (BJP) a patriot."
Thackeray also spoke about the recently passed farm laws and opposed the views of the Centre stating that farmers are in trouble in Punjab.
"Farmers are in trouble there (Punjab). Their power and water supplies have been cut off and nails put in their path. But they run away when they see China. If this kind of preparation was made at borders with China or Bangladesh, infiltration won't happen," he said.
Farmers have been protesting against the recently passed farm laws at Delhi borders since November 26 last year.
As the session continued, Maharashtra Power Minister Nitin Raut tabled in the Assembly a report of Maharashtra Cyber Cell on the October 12 Mumbai power outage.
The 10-day joint session of the Maharashtra Legislature began on March 1. The budget of Maharashtra will be tabled on March 8.
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