Mumbai, Sept. 29 -- BJP spokesperson Keshav Upadhye has criticized Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray, urging him to cancel the party's annual Dussehra rally and instead use the lakhs of rupees spent on the event to help distressed farmers.

"You stayed indoors when action was needed. Now is the time to atone for it. Cancel the Dussehra rally and use that money to support the farmers in crisis," Upadhye said in a sharp attack on Thackeray.

Commenting on Thackeray's recent tour of Marathwada, Upadhye alleged that the former chief minister visited five districts in three hours "empty-handed," merely offering "words of sympathy" and "wiping tears theatrically" without concrete aid.

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