Former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday launched an all out attack on the Eknath Shinde government after it overturned the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime’s decision to shift the Metro 3 car shed out of the Aarey colony.

In his address at the Sena Bhawan in Mumbai, the former Maharashtra CM sought the metro car shed to come at Kanjurmarg, expressing fears that the government’s decision will lead to the Aarey forests being gradually opened for development.

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“Don’t project anger at Mumbaikars. Don’t change the proposal for the metro shed. Don’t toy with the environment of Mumbai,” Thackeray said.

After he had taken over as the chief minister in 2019, the Shiv Sena chief had brought a stay on the construction of Colaba-Bandra-Seepz metro 3 corridor and appointed a panel to look for alternative plots. The MVA government had designated Aarey Colony as a reserve forest.

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The previous government and the Centre were embroiled in a tussle over the proposed car depot plot in Mumbai’s Kanjurmarg, thereby delaying the underground metro project.

During his address, Thackeray hit out at the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs and pitched for the right to recall for the voters.

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“Those who have formed the new government, have made a so-called Shiv Sainik as the CM. I was saying the same thing 2.5 years ago. The same formula was decided between me and Amit Shah that Shiv Sena and BJP will share the CM position for half term each. Whatever is happening today would have happened with respect,” he said.

“Why did BJP do it now and not then when Shiv Sena was officially with you in the state and at Centre,” the former Maharashtra CM asked.

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On Thursday, former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis overturned the decisions of Thackeray to shift the Metro 3 car shed out of the Aarey Milk colony and ordered a restart of the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan — the flagship water conservation scheme from his previous regime as the CM, functionaries familiar with the matter had said.