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Thackeray made the comments in an interview to Marathi daily ‘Loksatta’.
He said a demand was being raised to remove Modi as Gujarat chief minister when BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister of the country.
During that period, another BJP bigwig L K Advani had come to Mumbai to attend a rally and discussed the demand with Bal Thackeray, the Maharashtra chief minister said.
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“Balasaheb told Advani ji then that Modi should not be touched. If Modi was removed, (the BJP) will lose Gujarat and that Hindutva will suffer because of it,” he said.
Uddhav Thackeray said he respects Modi as an individual.
“Does this mean we will tie up immediately? I am not saying this. I am saying this personally. There is affection and that is our culture,” he added.
To a question relating to alleged misuse of probe agencies by Centre against non-BJP parties, Thackeray said there is a “limit to everything” and central agencies are scared of going to West Bengal, which is being ruled by the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
“Such fear could be felt across the country. Eventually, officials (attached to respective agencies) get beaten up,” he said and talked against using agencies out of vengeance.
He also said that a prime minister belongs to the entire country and not a single party.