Biggest joke within the historical past, says Uddhav Thackeray in the course of the rally opposing govts reduction bundle for farmers

Shiv Sena (UBT) Uddhav Thackeray launched a “Hambarda” rally on Saturday (October 11, 2025) in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, in opposition to the Mahayuti authorities’s just lately introduced flood reduction bundle, calling it a “large joke” and demanding a “full mortgage waiver” for farmers affected by floods and rainfall throughout the State. 

Former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray slammed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for asserting the “fraudulent” bundle for farmers, who’re in dire want of support, whereas addressing a public assembly on the Gulmandi in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. 

He challenged Mr. Fadnavis to offer ₹1 lakh to farmers earlier than Diwali, as he introduced “₹3.5 lakh support by way of MNREGA” within the bundle. “When farmer asks for his or her rights, they are saying don’t do politics; these are the identical farmers whose votes are used for politics. What sort of authorities is that this?” he requested.  

On the demand of ₹50,000 per hectare, Mr. Thackeray stated, “The farmer has to pay the mortgage instalments for the final season. The returns from the harvesting would have been used to pay a partial mortgage quantity, enabling him to obtain a mortgage for the rabi season. However, the burden of EMI will improve subsequent 12 months as he nonetheless has to repay it regardless of the non permanent exemption. In this case, farmers won’t ever get again on their toes.”

Days in the past, the federal government introduced a ₹31,628 crore flood reduction bundle for farmers, offering whole help of ₹48,000 per hectare. The authorities additionally talked about that the choice on mortgage waiver shall be taken in “due course”. Since then, the opposition and farmers have been demanding a mortgage waiver and a rise within the crop compensation.

Mr. Thackeray highlighted the agriculture consultants’ evaluation, which underlines that solely “₹6500 crores of assist are offered beneath the ₹31,628 crores bundle”.

He additionally referred to as out Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not mentioning farmers throughout his go to to Mumbai for the Navi Mumbai airport inauguration. 

In response, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde attacked Mr. Thackeray and referred to as his rally a “show of crocodile tears”. He alleged that Mr. Thackeray is exploiting farmers’ misery for political acquire. ‘An individual who by no means left his residence, how might he take out a rally for farmers? They cry foul every time the ability will not be of their fingers,” stated Mr. Shinde, describing the provisions beneath the flood reduction bundle.