Dhangekar hits back at Chandrakant Patil, likens Kolhapur speech to a quarrel at the tap

Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) leader and former MLA Ravindra Dhangekar has sharply criticised a speech made by Chandrakant Patil in Kolhapur. Dhangekar said, "Chandrakant Dada's speech was like a quarrel at the tap. Things like 'we will do this, we will do that' were said. It should also be remembered that your power too is going to go. One should not be so arrogant that people begin to feel disgusted."

Dhangekar went on, "It is Chandrakant Patil's old habit to go after the family business of others. A time will come when people will demand answers from you at every crossroads. You will break into a sweat while answering. The hair will be left on one side, the dhoti on one side, the spectacles on one side. That time is not far, it is near. One should not issue threats like this." With these words, Dhangekar targeted the BJP as well as Patil.

Dhangekar also said, "Maharashtra has seen you standing outside an eatery, waiting to see whether someone would buy you tea. His father used to move around on a scooter. You used to stand outside the eatery with a Shabnam bag, didn't you? Will someone buy me a tea? Maharashtra has seen that state. Were you a grandson of Kirloskar or something?" He said Dada knows everything about what goes on in the Congress and in the BJP. According to Dhangekar, nobody does anything without asking him. He said Sonia Gandhi too may have mentioned that he had given her such a threat.

In the conversation, Dhangekar also gave his views on the question of Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray coming together. He said, "If Marathi people come together, it is a matter of joy, and they should come together. From the point of view of the Marathi person, this is important, and this is everyone's view. If Mufti Sayeed and the BJP can come together in politics, why not these two? One is the heir to a father and the other is the heir to ideas. There is not much distance between them, the distance is a short one, and this will happen."

Dhangekar made these remarks in response to Patil's speech in Kolhapur.