Renaming Aurangabad: Balasaheb Thorat slams Shiv Sena, says occasion’s stand hypocritical

In one of many strongest public pushbacks by the Congress towards alliance accomplice Shiv Sena over renaming Aurangabad, state Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat stated the Sena’s stand was “hypocritical” and questioned the occasion over why it had not raised the difficulty within the final 5 years when it was a part of the federal government within the state in addition to the Centre, in alliance with the BJP.
“Some entities, for their own political benefit, are raking up the Aurangabad renaming issue. It is hypocritical to rake up this issue now… in the last five years, they never spoke about it,” stated Thorat stated, whereas slamming the Sena and the BJP for elevating the difficulty.

On Saturday, state Industries Minister Subhash Desai and Sena chief stated the state authorities will quickly approve a proposal to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar. On Sunday, Sanjay Raut, Sena MP and chief spokesperson of the occasion, criticised the Congress in Saamana stating that it was towards the renaming because it was afraid of dropping the Muslim vote.
“If it is renamed, Muslims will be upset and that will have an impact on their vote bank. It means a question mark will be raised on their own secular image,” Raut stated. He additionally reiterated the Sena’s stand that there shouldn’t be any metropolis in Maharashtra bearing Aurangzeb’s identify.
Soon after the article got here out, the Congress on Sunday issued a public assertion voicing its opposition to the renaming. Thorat additionally criticised the Sena for the best way it had ruled the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, which it presently controls.

“Both these parties (Sena and BJP), which have been at the helm of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation, should be speaking about the development of the issue. That is what residents of the city expect from them. However, the two have disappointed the people and this is the reason why they now have to rely on the renaming issue on the eve of elections,” Thorat stated.
Despite the variations, nevertheless, Throat acknowledged that there was no risk to the MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) authorities. “No one should be under the illusion that this will destabilise the government. Our government is stable and strong,” he stated, including that the “politics of emotion” had no place within the MVA frequent minimal programme (CMP).

Since December, Sena and Congress are sparring over renaming Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, by means of his Twitter deal with, has additionally referred to Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar whereas placing out a tweet on a cabinet choice. This didn’t go down properly with the Congress. Thackeray, nevertheless, defended it by saying Aurangzeb was not a secular particular person.

In 1988, after the Sena got here to energy within the native physique at Aurangabad metropolis, late supremo Balasaheb Thackeray introduced that town can be renamed as Sambhajinagar. Since then, the Sena has used Sambhajinagar in political rhetoric and occasion mouthpiece Saamana.