In his first speech in the Maharashtra assembly, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray took a swipe at "good friend" Devendra Fadnavis.
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00:00In Hindutva, following the words given is also my Hindutva.
00:24And I am happy, really happy that all the dignitaries are with me.
00:29My friends like you are with me.
00:37Because Devendraji, we have learnt a lot from you in the last 5 years.
00:41And I am saying this from the bottom of my heart.
00:43I will never hide my friendship with you.
00:45I will never hide it in any special meeting or in the ground.
00:48Nor will I hide it in this assembly.
00:50You are my friend and there will never be a difference in that friendship.
00:53There will never be a difference.
00:55But after you became the Chief Minister,
00:57when we were in the opposition,
01:00we did not have any other option.
01:02That is why we did not have any Hindutva.
01:04Today we have it.
01:06Tomorrow we will have it.
01:08In Hindutva, following the words given is also my Hindutva.
01:13This is also my Hindutva.
01:16Saying Jai Shri Ram and breaking the promises given is not my Hindutva.
01:20This is my Hindutva.
01:24And when we became the Chief Minister,
01:27we were definitely in the opposition.
01:30But one of my friends became the Chief Minister.
01:33We did not talk about ourselves.
01:36Ajit Rao was ours.
01:38Dilip Rao was not ours.
01:40But Prithvirajji was ours.
01:42Ashok Rao was ours.
01:44Chagan Rao was ours.
01:46Everyone knows my name.
01:48But at that time, we showed courage.
01:51And after sitting in the opposition,
01:54I felt that after many years,
01:57there is a good difference in this state.
02:00New days can come.
02:02I left that role and gave you full support.
02:06And I am proud of one thing that I have said in public.
02:09That in the last five years,
02:12I have never tried to deceive the government.
02:15I have never tried to deceive the people.
02:18Neither have you done a good job.
02:21I have never given you my support.
02:24And all my colleagues are still there.
02:27They were under my control.
02:29Whatever I had to say, I had to say it clearly.
02:31I did not have to do anything in the middle of the night.
02:34I did not have to do anything in the middle of the night.
02:37We came with you.
02:39And after coming with you,
02:42the opposition came to you.
02:45This is your pride.
02:47We have also learned a few things from you.
02:50Today we are sitting in that position.
02:52We are my friends.
02:55And my friend is in front of me.
02:57The opposition leader is my close friend.
03:00Let's not keep a gap.
03:03Let's not keep a gap.