New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray along with his son Aaditya Thackeray called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday and discussed various issues including GST, CAA and NRC.
Briefing reporters after his meeting, Mr Uddhav Thackeray said,'This CAA law is not to take away citizenship from anyone. However, this law is about giving citizenship to the minorities of the neighboring countries.'
Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register were discussed, he said adding that 'I have already cleared my stance on these issues. No one should be scared of CAA.'
'As you all know, I had written a letter about GST, so that topic also came up in the discussion. GST money is coming, but not as speedily as it should,' he stated.
Aaditya Thackeray in his tweet said that they discussed various issues of Maharashtra and the federal relation of Centre State.
'The issues of GST compensation to States, including Maharashtra, PM Fasal Bima Yojna, Central Road Fund, Baliraja Sanjivani Yojana pending proposals and the PMC bank were discussed with the Prime Minister,' he said in his tweet.
'I had the opportunity to discuss environmental issues including electric mobility, renewable energy, solarising highways, the ban on single use disposable plastics with the PM. I briefed him about about the urban forests we are creating in Maharashtra,' he said in his missive. It was a courtesy call, according to Office of Uddhav Thackeray on Twitter.
Aaditya Thackeray is Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment Government of Maharashtra and also MLA of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Mumbai.
The Shiv Sena Chief is also expected to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP veteran LK Advani.
The meeting between the Prime Minister and Thackerays took place at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg amid stress between Mr Thackeray and his alliance partners - the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress - over various issues, including their contrasting stand on the National Population Register and the Citizenship Amendment Act. Mr Thackeray earlier this week extended his support to the two exercises.
"The CAA and the NRC (National Register of Citizens) are different and NPR is different. No one has to worry if the CAA gets implemented," he had said.
'The National Register of Citizens is not there and will not be implemented in the state... The Centre has not discussed NRC as of now," he maintained.
Another point of disagreement in the Maharashtra alliance is the Elgar Parishad case, which has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency.
Mr Uddhav Thackeray agreed to hand over the Elgar Parishad case to the NIA after the Union government directed the agency to take over the probe. Pawar had demanded the formation of a Special Investigation Team from state police in this matter.
Shortly after Mr Pawar's remarks, Mr Thackeray tweeted that he will ensure a related probe into the Koregaon-Bhima violence is not taken over by the Centre.
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