"While bullets flew in Pahalgam...": Milind Deora hits out at Thackerays over Europe vacation

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 4 (ANI): Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora on Sunday lashed out at the Uddhav Thackeray family, claiming that they were "vacationing in Europe" when the deadly Pahalgam terrorist attack occurred, in which 26 people were killed and many were left injured.
Taking a dig at the Shiv Sena (UBT) leadership, Deora said that Thackerays have fallen from being "sons of the soil to tourists of India." He also criticised the Thackerays for not being present on the occasion of Maharashtra Day.
"From sons of the soil to tourists of India--how far the Thackerays have fallen. While bullets flew in Pahalgam, they were vacationing in Europe. On Maharashtra Day, they vanished without a word. No statement. No solidarity. No shame," Deora posted on X.
Intensifying his attack against the Thackeray family, the Shiv Sena MP said this wasn't leadership but "luxury politics". Lauding Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for standing with the victims of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Deora said that the state needed warriors on duty and not "part-time netas".
"This isn't leadership--it's luxury politics. In contrast, DCM Eknath Shinde led from the front, stood with victims and honoured our heroes. Maharashtra needs warriors on duty, not part-time Netas on holiday," Deora said.
Amid political sparring over the government's response to the Pahalgam terror attack, Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora on Tuesday criticised the opposition after the Congress party's 'Gayab' (missing) jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and accused the leaders of hypocrisy and of indirectly giving a clean chit to Pakistan despite earlier backing the Centre's stance in an all-party meeting.
Speaking to ANI, Deora said, "After the Pahalgam attack, the Centre called an all-party meeting in which almost all parties said that they are with the government in the action it wants to take against Pakistan and terrorists. Soon after, some opposition parties that had supported the Centre in the all-party meeting made a different statement. Some of them are saying that there should be no war against Pakistan, and some of them have given Pakistan a clean chit."
Referring specifically to statements made by Maharashtra Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar, Deora added, "He is saying that what the victims are saying is wrong." (ANI)