Mumbai, March 3 (TIWN) In a sharpest offensive on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said while the Centre clamped an abrupt lockdown in March year and asked people to clang thalis, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) state government provided full meals at affordable rates to the poor, needy and migrants during the pandemic crisis.

"When people were being told to bang empty plates, we provided the hungry millions with full 'thalis' (plateful of meals) in that time of distress and the scheme still continues," Thackeray said, in his reply to the motion of thanks on the address of Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.