India, Oct. 12 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that women in Bihar had received Rs.10,000 because of elections there, but flood-affected people in Maharashtra were being given too little. Thackeray asked why Modi was not willing to deposit Rs.10,000 in the accounts of people from the PM Cares fund (Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund), which provides support during emergencies.

He also noted that when Modi visited Mumbai to inaugurate the new airport in Navi Mumbai recently, he didn't once mention the floods in Marathwada and devastating losses suffered by farmers in the region.

Thackeray said this while leading a "Hambarda Morcha' (Morcha...