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  • Safety larger at Sena HQ, Matoshree; Mumbai police commissioner meets CM Thackeray 

    Via PTI

    MUMBAI: Amid ongoing political turmoil in Maharashtra led to by way of a rise up within the Shiv Sena, Mumbai police on Thursday beefed up safety on the celebration headquarters Shiv Sena Bhavan and Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s personal place of abode `Matoshree’ right here.

    Town police commissioner Sanjay Pandey met CM Thackeray at Matoshree to talk about the legislation and order scenario, stated an legitimate.

    With senior Sena chief Eknath Shinde and no less than 37 celebration MLAs rebelling in opposition to the celebration management, there’s a chance of violent response amongst Sena supporters within the town, the police legitimate stated.

    As Mumbai is a Shiv Sena bastion and likewise the nerve centre of political trends within the state, police are taking precautions to keep away from any untoward incidents at the streets, he stated.

    Previously, town had witnessed outbursts of anger by way of the Sena cadre when leaders like Chhagan Bhujbal or Narayan Rane give up the celebration.

    But even so Matoshree in Bandra and Shiv Sena Bhavan in Dadar, safety at different vital places together with Mantralaya (administrative headquarters of the state govt) and Raj Bhavan was once additionally stepped up.

    On Thursday, indignant Shiv Sena supporters blackened {a photograph} of Mahim MLA Sada Sarvankar, who has joined Shinde’s staff in Guwahati, on a banner, scribbling `Gaddar’ (traitor) throughout it.

    Safety has additionally been larger on the apartments and places of work of revolt MLAs, and police have been deployed out of doors all of the Shiv Sena `shakhas’ (native places of work).

    Safety of the place of abode of BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur was once additionally larger, an legitimate stated.

  • Amid floods, why are Maha MLAs being despatched to Assam to disturb affected folks: Mamata 

    Mamata Banerjee mentioned the saffron celebration has intentionally selected to “disturb” the Maharashtra govt at a time when the presidential polls are coming near.

  • Maharashtra political disaster: NCP leader Sharad Pawar holds celebration assembly

    By way of ANI

    MUMBAI: Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday held a celebration assembly amid political instability within the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govt in Maharashtra.

    The assembly is going down on the place of dwelling of the NCP leader. Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, state House Minister Dilip Walse Patil, ministers Jayant Patil and Jitendra Awhad and celebration chief Sunil Tatkare are provide on the assembly.

    In the meantime, a complete of 42 Maharashtra MLAs are provide with Eknath Shinde at Radisson Blu Resort in Guwahati, Assam. This comprises 34 MLAs from Shiv Sena and 8 Unbiased MLAs, knowledgeable resources.

    Particularly, seven extra MLAs have joined the rebellion workforce of MLAs led by way of Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde in Guwahati on Thursday morning additional deepening the political instability within the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi govt in Maharashtra.

    They reached the Radisson Blu Resort in Guwahati, the place different MLAs are campaigning. Remaining night time 4 extra MLAs joined Shinde in Guwahati.

    Additionally, a solution handed by way of the Shiv Sena Legislature Celebration wearing signatures of 34 MLAs that rebellion chief Eknath Shinde remains to be the chief, has been despatched to the state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.

    In the meantime, Maharashtra Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray left his reputable place of dwelling ‘Varsha’ along side his members of the family on Wednesday hours after he expressed his readiness to step down if rebellion MLAs returned to Mumbai and made one of these call for.

    Shiv Sena staff and supporters showered petals and raised slogans in reinforce of Thackeray when he left together with his circle of relatives from his reputable place of dwelling ‘Versha Bungalow’, final night time amid political instability within the state.

    Following the political disaster, Shiv Sena had got rid of Eknath Shinde because the celebration’s legislative celebration chief. Then again, the rebels have hit again with the solution.

    The solution stated that Shiv Sena’s ideology has been compromised up to now two years. In addition they expressed their dissatisfaction with “corruption in govt,” regarding Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik, who’re these days in prison.

    “Bharat Gogawale has been appointed because the Leader Whip of Shiv Sena Legislative Celebration. So, the order issued by way of Sunil Prabhu, in regards to the Legislative Celebration assembly this night is illegitimate,” Eknath Shinde had stated.

    Previous, Thackeray addressed the folk of the state by way of Fb and stated he used to be prepared to provide his resignation to celebration MLAs who can take it to Raj Bhavan.

    Noting {that a} phase of celebration MLAs used to be gunning for his ouster, he stated as a substitute of going to Surat, they may have conveyed their emotions to him. Thackeray stated this can be a topic of disgrace for him if “even a unmarried MLA” used to be towards him.

    “If any MLA needs me not to proceed because the CM, I’m in a position to take all my assets from Varsha Bungalow (reputable place of dwelling of the CM) to Matoshri,” Thackeray stated.

    “I’m in a position to provide my resignation to the MLAs, they will have to come right here and take my resignation to Raj Bhavan. I’m in a position to go away the publish of Shiv Sena celebration head additionally, now not at the announcing of others however my staff,” he added.

    Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut expressed self assurance of Shiv Sena crusing during the disaster.

    “Uddhav Thackeray is Maharashtra Leader Minister and he’s going to stay the CM. If we get the danger, we can turn out our majority at the flooring of the Area,” he stated.

    Then again, the rebellion Shiv Sena MLAs have stated that there’s monumental discontent among the celebration staff for forming the federal government with NCP and Indian Nationwide Congress because of other ideologies.

  • Remarks on Prophet: Because of BJP, nation confronted embarrassment at global stage and needed to apologise, says Uddhav

    By means of PTI

    AURANGABAD: Maharashtra Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday stated that as a result of the BJP, the rustic needed to face an embarrassing scenario on the global stage because it used to be “delivered to its knees and used to be pressured to apologise” by means of the Arab nations over the arguable remarks made by means of the birthday party spokesperson on Prophet Mohammad.

    Addressing a rally, his first outdoor Mumbai after his backbone surgical procedure in November ultimate 12 months, Thackeray additionally attacked the BJP announcing that whilst inflation is on the upward push and the rupee is on a downward slide, there’s a worry to search out below which mosque there’s a Shivling.

    He additionally slammed the Centre over the new focused killings in Kashmir, and stated as a substitute of harassing the leaders of Maharashtra’s ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the course of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), raids will have to be carried out there.

    At the arguable feedback made by means of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in opposition to Prophet Mohammad, he stated, “The Center East and the Arab nations introduced our nation to its knees and compelled to apologise. What resulted in this? India has to apologise. What has the rustic finished? It’s the BJP and its spokespersons that experience dedicated the crime. The phrases spoken by means of the BJP spokesperson or BJP can’t be the stand of India on any factor. The phrases of BJP spokesperson used (for Prophet Mohammad) tarnished India’s symbol on the World stage. It broken the picture of my nation and now not that of the BJP,” he stated.

    “There are political variations between us (Shiv Sena and BJP), however he (Narendra Modi) is our nation’s top minister. His photograph used to be caught on rubbish packing containers (in some nation) and we stay seeing it. However why will have to the rustic apologise for it when the error is finished by means of BJP and it is spokesperson,” Thackeray added.

    The BJP on Sunday suspended Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit media head Naveen Kumar Jindal after a row over their alleged derogatory remarks in opposition to Prophet Mohammad escalated with protests from some Muslim nations.

    Sharma’s feedback, made in a TV debate just about not too long ago, and Jindal’s now-deleted tweets sparked a Twitter pattern calling for a boycott of Indian merchandise in some Arab nations. “I wish to ask RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat whether or not he had anticipated this type of behaviour of BJP noticed lately,” Thackeray stated.

    All through his speech, he focused the BJP over quite a lot of problems starting from Hindutva to inflation and the arguable statements made by means of BJP spokespersons.

    “Inflation is emerging, rupee is declining, however our fear is Shivling mendacity underneath which mosque, what’s below the Taj Mahal, what’s below the Gyanvapi masjid,” he stated at a rally that used to be attended by means of the highest leaders of the birthday party.

    “What have we finished to mention that we’ve got abandoned Hindutva. Let’s debate what Shiv Sena has finished for Hindutva and BJP has finished for it,” he stated.

    He stated had his father overdue Sena founder Bal Thackeray now not taken the accountability and stated that if the Shiv Sainiks had demolished Babri he used to be pleased with it, or had he now not sponsored Kashmiri Pandits and “roared” when Amarnath Yatra used to be below assault, then would BJP have risen to energy within the title of Hindutva.

    Saying that the Sena used to be now not “hole Hindutvavdi” to take courses of Hindutva from the BJP, Thackeray recalled that all the way through the Ayodhya motion, there used to be slogan ‘Whoever who thinks in regards to the welfare of Hindus will rule the rustic’ and requested whether or not the BJP which is in energy desirous about the welfare of Hindus.

    He additionally welcomed the statements made by means of RSS leader, who stated that there used to be no wish to in finding Shivling in each mosque. He additionally attacked Impartial MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, who have been arrested in April once they insisted on reciting Hanuman Chalisa outdoor Thackeray’s personal place of dwelling ‘Matoshree’.

    “If in case you have the center then pass to Kashmir and recite Hanuman Chalisa. Our Hindutva isn’t of impotent. In case you are a person, then give protection to the Kashmir Pandits. If in case you have the center then pass there,” he stated.

    “It makes one indignant that the Kashmiri Pandits are leaving the Valley and nobody is able to discuss for them. Did any unmarried spokesperson of BJP discuss in this factor,” he requested.

    BJP by no means noticed Hindu gala’s whilst doing agitations or doing Bharat Bandh as a result of they indulged in politics by myself. However overdue Shiv Sena supremo by no means did this.

    Previous when petrol costs went up even by means of seven paise, former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee as soon as went to Parliament in a bullock cart. We’re on the lookout for that BJP lately, he stated.

    Targetting senior BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis for his commentary that whilst he used to be there when the Babri construction used to be pulled down in Ayodhya, no person from the Shiv Sena used to be provide there.

    “Sena previous used to be chatting with make a unique legislation and assemble Ram mandir. However you did not display that braveness. Judgement got here from the court docket, so the Ram Mandir (in Ayodhya) is being erected, that too with folks’s cash,” Thackeray stated.

  • RS polls: Uddhav, Pawar, Kharge meet MVA legislators

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: In a display of unity forward of June 10 election for 6 Rajya Sabha vacancies from Maharashtra, Leader Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge held a gathering with MLAs of the 3 events right here on Tuesday.

    As leaders of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of the Sena, NCP and Congress held parleys with Unbiased MLAs and smaller events to cobble up fortify, the Sena additionally determined to shift its legislators to a town resort to thwart makes an attempt of poaching.

    “The executive minister mentioned all over the assembly that our victory is bound and requested the legislators of the 3 events to stick united,” Sena MLA and spokesperson Sunil Prabhu instructed PTI within the night.

    MLAs of smaller events just like the Bachhu Kadu-led Prahar and Unbiased legislators additionally attended the assembly, Prabhu added. This was once the primary such assembly of the MVA MLAs and its leaders after the formation of the Uddhav Thackeray-led executive in 2019.

    Within the 288-member Maharashtra Meeting (which paperwork the voters for the Rajya Sabha polls), smaller events have 16 MLAs, whilst the choice of Independents is 13.

    With one Meeting seat mendacity vacant and two NCP MLAs (Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik) in prison, the quota of votes consistent with profitable candidate is 41.

    Mumbai | Forward of June 10 RS polls, assembly of Maha Vikas Aghadi companions begins- Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP speak about the tactic. Maharashtra CM & Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP’s Sharad Pawar, Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge amongst others provide at Trident %.twitter.com/JqPLg63saI

    — ANI (@ANI) June 7, 2022

    A complete of 7 applicants — 3 applicants of the BJP, two of the Shiv Sena and one every of NCP and Congress — are within the fray for 6 seats, which necessitated election for Rajya Sabha after greater than 20 years in Maharashtra.

    The competition for the 6th seat might be between the BJP’s Dhananjay Mahadik and Sena’s Sanjay Pawar. The BJP has requested its MLAs to return to Mumbai within the subsequent two days.

    AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned the MVA must touch his birthday party if they want fortify whilst the Samajwadi Celebration has sought Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s rationalization at the Shiv Sena’s language of Hindutva and the federal government’s secular credentials.

    All 55 legislators of the Sena were summoned to Mumbai and they are going to keep in combination until the polls on June 10, a Sena chief mentioned.

    “We have been at ‘The Retreat’ (at Madh island in northwest Mumbai) and all our ministers too have been provide there. That was once a part of our technique. We can be shifting to resort Trident (in south Mumbai) lately,” Sunil Prabhu had mentioned previous within the day.

    The Trident is a stone’s throw from the Maharashtra Legislative Meeting the place vote casting will happen.

    Senior Shiv Sena chief and minister Anil Parab mentioned talks are being held with all events, be it the AIMIM and Samajwadi Celebration, who’ve prolonged their fortify to the MVA executive.

    The AIMIM and the SP every have two MLAs within the Space. Samajwadi Celebration MLA Rais Shaikh additionally met Parab.

    Shaikh instructed newshounds that the SP has written a letter to CM Thackeray, asking him to elucidate the federal government’s secular credentials.

    “The Commonplace Minimal Programme on which the federal government was once shaped and the language of Hindutva spoken via the executive minister in his speech. There may be such a lot distinction (between CMP and the Hindutva language). So (the CM must) explain whether or not the federal government is secular or if Sena’s Hindutva credible or the BJP’s,” Shaikh mentioned.

    What has the federal government finished within the final 2.5 years? The minority fee and the Haj Committee have no longer been shaped till now, Shaikh mentioned. When requested whether or not the Samajwadi Celebration is with the MVA, Shaikh mentioned, “We’re with the MVA, however take a look at the calls for. It’s ideological.”

    BJP chief Girish Mahajan on Tuesday met Hitendra Thakur, searching for his fortify. Thakur’s Bahujan Vikas Aghadi has 3 MLAs and he’s referred to as a supporter of NCP leader Sharad Pawar.

    The Sena has fielded Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar whilst the BJP has nominated Union minister Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik. The NCP has fielded Praful Patel and Congress nominated Imran Pratapgarhi).

    Given its energy within the Meeting (106 MLAs), the BJP has sufficient votes to win two seats, whilst the Sena, NCP and Congress can win one seat every.

    The Sena (55), NCP (53) and Congress (44) — all constituents of the MVA-have sufficient votes in combination to verify the victory for the second one candidate of the Sena.

  • BJP, buddies looking to create ‘communal state of affairs’ in nation: NCP leader Sharad Pawar

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: The BJP and its buddies are looking to create “communal state of affairs” within the nation, NCP leader Sharad Pawar alleged on Monday, feedback coming within the backdrop of violence in different states throughout Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti celebrations and the problem of loudspeakers atop mosques raging in Maharashtra.

    “Alternatively, the NCP, a constituent of the Shiv Sena-led MVA executive within the state, was once at the vanguard of constructing an environment of cohesion amongst other folks,” he mentioned. In a sequence of tweets, Pawar mentioned unfold of communal ideology is a “topic of outrage” and added the NCP can even flag problems with regards to not unusual voters equivalent to upward push in costs of petrol, diesel, gasoline and fit to be eaten oil.

    “The BJP and its buddies are looking to create communal state of affairs within the nation. We’re collaborating in works of constructing consciousness a few of the other folks and developing surroundings to make sure cohesion amongst them,” Pawar tweeted in Marathi.

    यासोबतच जे राष्ट्रीय प्रश्न आहेत, उदाहरणार्थ सांप्रदायिक विचारांची होणारी वाढ हा चिंताजनक विषय आहे. तसेच पेट्रोल, डिझेल, गॅस, खाद्यतेल यांच्या किमती वाढत आहेत त्या सामान्य माणसाला त्रासदायक आहेत. आज त्याही प्रश्नावर जनमत तयार करावे, ही आमची भावना आहे.

    — Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) April 18, 2022

    States like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Jharkhand noticed violence throughout Ram Navami, whilst clashes broke out throughout a Hanuman Jayanti procession within the Delhi’s Jahangirpuri house on Saturday by which 9 policemen and a civilian had been injured.

    In Maharashtra, MNS leader Raj Thackeray has requested the MVA executive to take away loudspeakers from mosques by means of Might 3, bringing up noise air pollution, and threatened to play Hanuman Chalisa out of doors mosques in a better quantity if his call for was once now not met.

    The BJP has supported Raj Thackeray’s call for. With out naming any person, the previous Union Agriculture minister additionally mentioned at the micro-blogging web page that many leaders have expressed a need to convey in combination events adversarial to the BJP.

    He mentioned West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee has knowledgeable him about it in writing. “She is anticipating (Maharashtra) Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray and me to take initiative on this regard. We can make the general determination after talking to different leaders. However no date has been mounted but (for one of these assembly),” he added.

    Pawar, who visited Bengaluru on Monday, mentioned the NCP is construction its organisation on the national-level and famous Karnataka, the place meeting polls are due in 2023, is among the states the place the birthday celebration’s base is vulnerable.

    Pawar added he or his birthday celebration colleagues will talk over with the BJP-ruled southern state in between over the following yr to enlarge its actions and base there.

  • Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole meets NCP leader Sharad Pawar; MVA assembly most probably

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Friday stated he met NCP president Sharad Pawar to talk about the misuse of Central companies and the ability disaster within the state.

    A gathering of MVA leaders on essential problems might be scheduled quickly, Patole instructed newshounds after the assembly, which came about at Pawar’s place of abode Silveroak in south Mumbai.

    The Congress chief stated that he mentioned quite a lot of problems together with the ability disaster within the state because of quick provide of coal and the motion in opposition to MVA leaders by means of the Central companies to defame Maharashtra.

    Whilst the call for for electrical energy within the state has larger, the Central govt used to be now not supplying ok coal to the state, he claimed, including that if the problem isn’t taken care of out, the state would possibly plunge into darkness because of planned obstruction by means of the Centre.

    He additional stated that the MVA leaders had been being centered by means of the Central companies out of political vendetta.

    “The Central govt is attempting to destabilise the Mahavikas Aghadi govt by means of exerting power, however this arbitrariness won’t closing for lengthy. Why do the BJP leaders who say that the motion in opposition to MVA leaders is honest and now not politically motivated, get started blaming the state govt when motion is taken in opposition to them by means of the state police?” Patole stated.

    Right through the day’s assembly, problems associated with the state had been taken up and in addition the stepmotherly remedy meted out to the state by means of the Centre, the Congress chief stated.

    Within the subsequent two-three days, Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray and leaders of the Mahavikas Aghadi will meet to talk about most of these problems, he stated.

  • SSS leader Raju Shetti proclaims snapping of ties with MVA, accuses Maharashtra ​executive of ignoring farmers

    By means of PTI

    PUNE: Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana leader Raju Shetti on Tuesday stated his outfit was once snapping ties with the ruling Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi over more than a few farm problems.

    He stated the verdict was once taken within the birthday party’s government assembly in Kolhapur, which additionally recommended the transfer to take away its lone MLA Devendra Bhoyar from the birthday party.

    Whilst addressing a meeting in Kolhapur, Shetti introduced the snapping of ties with MVA over the ruling dispensation’s apathy against farmers and agricultural misery.

    “The Swabhimani Shetkari Paksh was once shaped to safeguard the pursuits of farmers and repair their recognize. Nowadays, farmers are committing suicide however no person is about it. We wish to repair their recognize and cause them to stand on their toes and for this reason Swambhimani Shetkari Sanghtana was once shaped,” stated Shetti.

    He stated the outfit plunged into electoral politics to enhance the farmers’ motion, and alliances have been made with events simply to make sure advantages for farmers.

    Chatting with PTI, Shetti stated, “We’ve got taken the verdict to snap all ties with MVA. The verdict to amend the Land Acquisition Act has led to losses to farmers. As consistent with the amended Act, the farmers will now get handiest 30 consistent with cent reimbursement,” he stated.

    Shetti stated he sought after the state executive to roll again the verdict to pay truthful and remunerative worth (FRP) in two instalments.

    Shetti stated he’ll meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to get his identify dropped from the proposed MLC checklist in case it’s there.

  • NCP helps Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray over ‘opportunistic Hindutva’ remarks

    By way of PTI

    MUMBAI: Backing Maharashtra Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray for his feedback on Hindutva, the NCP on Monday stated everybody must be pleased with the faith they profess, however it’s incorrect to unfold hatred in its title and the Shiv Sena president has given the similar message.

    In his cope with to Shiv Sainiks on Sunday, which was once additionally the beginning anniversary of his father and birthday party founder Bal Thackeray, the executive minister stated the Sena has left the BJP and now not Hindutva.

    The CM had additionally stated, “I imagine that BJP’s opportunistic Hindutva is just for energy. The Shiv Sena had aligned with the BJP because it sought after energy for Hindutva. The Sena by no means used Hindutva for the sake of energy.”

    Reacting to the feedback, state minister and NCP’s leader spokesperson Nawab Malik stated, “Everybody must be proud in their faith, however it’s damaging if there may be hatred towards others. The Shiv Sena is attempting to mention the similar factor that one will have to be proud in their faith and propagate it, however it’s incorrect to unfold hatred towards others. We predict Uddhav Thackeray ji has stated the similar factor.”

    Hitting out on the Election Fee, Malik, whose birthday party stocks energy with the Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra, stated that in quest of votes within the title of faith is a contravention of the Code of Behavior. “However, for the reason that final seven-eight years, the Election Fee has been mum when votes are being canvassed within the title of faith. That is the helplessness of the Election Fee. We really feel the ballot frame must take into consideration it or else it’ll lose its credibility,” he stated.

    5 states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur – are going to polls beginning subsequent month.