MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Centre, saying a fight should now be launched to change a government that is not accountable.Addressing a rally in Mumbai, Thackeray accused the government of jeopardising the future of the youth, citing alleged irregularities in the NEET examination and student suicides linked to the issue, according to news agency PTIHe referred to activist Sonam Wangchuk’s ongoing hunger strike over the matter.The remarks came amid political turbulence for the Shiv Sena (UBT), which recently lost six of its Lok Sabha MPs to the rival Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Thackeray’s criticism also comes a day before the commencement of Parliament’s monsoon session.“A fight should now be launched to change a government that is not accountable. And this fight is just about Sonam Wangchuk,” he said.Questioning the government’s stance towards Wangchuk, Thackeray said the activist, known for developing solar tents for soldiers deployed in sub-zero temperatures and creating ice stupas to tackle water scarcity in Ladakh, cannot be labelled as “anti-national”.He also drew a comparison with the response of the erstwhile UPA government to social activist Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement in 2011.He said the erstwhile UPA government led by the then prime minister Manmohan Singh sent a delegation to hold talks with social activist Anna Hazare when he was on an indefinite hunger strike in 2011. “Why did the Modi government not do so with Wangchuk?” he asked.Wangchuk has been on a hunger strike since June 28, raising concerns over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination and the reported student suicides following the cancellation of the paper.
