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  • Uddhav, Shinde in confrontation in Dussehra rallies

    Express News Service

    MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday instructed his supporters on the conventional Dussehra rally at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park that the celebration has not left its Hindutva plank and that he would proceed to deal with the rebels led by CM Eknath Shinde as traitors.

    “They (the rebels) are parasites who have crept up the Shiv Sena tree. They should understand that without a tree, they have no worth. We are happy that these traitors have left us. Now, new leadership will emerge,” mentioned Uddhav.

    “We gave everything to him (Shinde)… his son was made Lok Sabha MP. People who come here love Sena and the Thackeray family,” Uddhav mentioned. The Sena chief mentioned Shinde’s faction is just not the Sena in any respect. “They are parasites who have grown on the Shiv Sena tree. They should understand that without a tree, the parasite has no value. We are happy that these traitors have left us. Now, new leadership will emerge,” Thackeray mentioned.

    The Sena chief sought to maintain the celebration’s Hindutva line. “We left the BJP, not Hindutva. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat recently visited a mosque. Does that mean that RSS left Hindutva? The BJP has no authority to speak on Hindutva,” mentioned Uddhav. He additionally recalled LK Advani’s go to to the Jinnah memorial in Pakistan, saying the BJP was not the only spokesperson for Hindutva.  “The BJP also allied with Mehbooba Mufti for power in Jammu and Kashmir,” Thackeray mentioned.

    Thackeray mentioned many growth tasks have been “snatched” from Maharashtra and shifted to Gujarat. “We have no ill-will against Gujarat. However, our chief minister (Shinde) keeps visiting Delhi. In the last 100 days of this new government, Shinde might have gone to Delhi for 99 days. He has no authority…even hike mike was snatched by his deputy,” Thackeray mentioned.

    He mentioned when he was the CM, deputy CM Ajit Pawar remained respectful. “The Congress and NCP 
    respected me and the chief minister’s chair.” Meanwhile, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in his parallel Dussehra rally at BKC mentioned that removed from being a traitor; his celebration was the “real follower” of Balasaheb Thackeray.

    “We never betrayed the legacy of Balasaheb. In fact, Uddhav Thackeray cheated the party and is a traitor. They forgot the Balasaheb legacy. By joining hands with Congress and NCP, Uddhav forgot his father. We are the protectors of Sena legacy,” Shinde mentioned.

    Shinde demanded Uddhav’s apology for “cheating” the celebration. “The people assembled here represent the real Shiv Sena. We have the support of all party MLAs and MPs,” he mentioned.“We took this step (rebellion) to save the Shiv Sena, preserve the principles of Balasaheb, Hindutva and for the betterment of Maharashtra,” he mentioned, including he has been getting an amazing response for the choice.

    The CM requested Uddhav to apologize at Bal Thackeray’s memorial for going in opposition to his beliefs and aligning with one-time political rivals, the Congress and NCP.“Do you even have the precise to occupy the publish (of Shiv Sena chief) after compromising on the ideas of Bal Thackeray?’ Shinde mentioned in a scathing assault.He mentioned the large crowd at his Dussehra rally was proof sufficient to point out who the true inheritors of Bal Thackeray’s legacy have been.

    MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday instructed his supporters on the conventional Dussehra rally at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park that the celebration has not left its Hindutva plank and that he would proceed to deal with the rebels led by CM Eknath Shinde as traitors.

    “They (the rebels) are parasites who have crept up the Shiv Sena tree. They should understand that without a tree, they have no worth. We are happy that these traitors have left us. Now, new leadership will emerge,” mentioned Uddhav.

    “We gave everything to him (Shinde)… his son was made Lok Sabha MP. People who come here love Sena and the Thackeray family,” Uddhav mentioned. The Sena chief mentioned Shinde’s faction is just not the Sena in any respect. “They are parasites who have grown on the Shiv Sena tree. They should understand that without a tree, the parasite has no value. We are happy that these traitors have left us. Now, new leadership will emerge,” Thackeray mentioned.

    The Sena chief sought to maintain the celebration’s Hindutva line. “We left the BJP, not Hindutva. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat recently visited a mosque. Does that mean that RSS left Hindutva? The BJP has no authority to speak on Hindutva,” mentioned Uddhav. He additionally recalled LK Advani’s go to to the Jinnah memorial in Pakistan, saying the BJP was not the only spokesperson for Hindutva.  “The BJP also allied with Mehbooba Mufti for power in Jammu and Kashmir,” Thackeray mentioned.

    Thackeray mentioned many growth tasks have been “snatched” from Maharashtra and shifted to Gujarat. “We have no ill-will against Gujarat. However, our chief minister (Shinde) keeps visiting Delhi. In the last 100 days of this new government, Shinde might have gone to Delhi for 99 days. He has no authority…even hike mike was snatched by his deputy,” Thackeray mentioned.

    He mentioned when he was the CM, deputy CM Ajit Pawar remained respectful. “The Congress and NCP 
    revered me and the chief minister’s chair.” Meanwhile, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in his parallel Dussehra rally at BKC mentioned that removed from being a traitor; his celebration was the “real follower” of Balasaheb Thackeray.

    “We never betrayed the legacy of Balasaheb. In fact, Uddhav Thackeray cheated the party and is a traitor. They forgot the Balasaheb legacy. By joining hands with Congress and NCP, Uddhav forgot his father. We are the protectors of Sena legacy,” Shinde mentioned.

    Shinde demanded Uddhav’s apology for “cheating” the celebration. “The people assembled here represent the real Shiv Sena. We have the support of all party MLAs and MPs,” he mentioned.“We took this step (rebellion) to save the Shiv Sena, preserve the principles of Balasaheb, Hindutva and for the betterment of Maharashtra,” he mentioned, including he has been getting an amazing response for the choice.

    The CM requested Uddhav to apologize at Bal Thackeray’s memorial for going in opposition to his beliefs and aligning with one-time political rivals, the Congress and NCP.“Do you even have the precise to occupy the publish (of Shiv Sena chief) after compromising on the ideas of Bal Thackeray?’ Shinde mentioned in a scathing assault.He mentioned the large crowd at his Dussehra rally was proof sufficient to point out who the true inheritors of Bal Thackeray’s legacy have been.

  • Stamp of ‘traitor’ will all the time stay, Uddhav Thackeray tells Shinde faction at Dussehra rally; slams BJP 

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: In a scathing assault on Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and different insurgent get together leaders, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday stated their popularity as “traitors” won’t ever go away.

    Thackeray, who stepped down as chief minister in June following Shinde’s rebel, addressed the get together’s annual Dussehra rally on the iconic Shivaji Park even because the Shinde faction organized its personal rally elsewhere within the metropolis.

    “The stamp of traitor (on the Shinde faction) will never go away. As time changes, the face of Ravan also changes. Today, it is the traitors (who are Ravan),” he stated on the well-attended gathering.

    When he was unwell and underwent a surgical procedure whereas being the chief minister, he had delegated duty to Shinde, then a senior minister, Thackeray stated.

    “But he conspired in opposition to me pondering I’ll by no means get up on my ft once more,” Thackeray alleged.

    Today’s Ravan was not recognized for a number of heads however for the variety of ”khoke” (bins), he stated, alluding to the alleged use of financial inducement or bins of money to carry down the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities led by him.

    “If you feel I should not remain the Sena president, I will quit. There is a limit to the lust for power. After the act of treachery, he (Shinde) now wants the party, its  symbol and also wants to be called party president,” Thackeray stated.

    Shinde was now making an attempt to applicable Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s legacy as a result of he couldn’t get votes in his “own father’s name,” he stated.

    He fashioned a post-poll alliance with Congress and Nationalist Congress Party in 2019 to show the BJP a lesson for going again on its previous assurance, Thackeray stated.

    “I swear on my parents that it had been decided that BJP and Shiv Sena will share the chief minister’s post for two and a half years each,” he stated.

    Shinde was among the many first to be sworn in as a minister together with Congress and NCP leaders, and “he had no problem then,” Thackeray stated, referring to Shinde’s declare that he rebelled as a result of he and his supporters didn’t approve of the brand new alliance.

    He didn’t need classes from BJP on Hindutva, Thackeray stated.

    “BJP leaders visited (then Pakistan prime minister) Nawaz Sharif on his birthday without invitation and bowed before (Mohammad Ali) Jinnah’s grave,” he stated.

    Thackeray additionally accused the BJP, his former ally, of elevating the Hindutva situation to divert consideration from poverty, unemployment and inflation.

    “RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale has shown BJP the mirror,” he stated, referring to Hosabale’s latest comment in regards to the challenges of unemployment and rising revenue inequality.

    With the rupee plummeting in opposition to greenback, he invoked late BJP chief Sushma Swaraj’s assertion that when the worth of the rupee decreases, the nation’s standing additionally goes down.

    Fighting to retain management of the get together based by his late father, Uddhav sought help and energy from the Sena cadres in entrance of him.

    “Today I have nothing. But with your support Shiv Sena will rise again. I will make a Shiv Sena worker chief minister again. We have to defeat the traitors in every election,” he stated, forward of the byelection to Andheri East Assembly constituency and Mumbai civic polls.

    ALSO READ: Uddhav Thackeray’s brother Jaidev shares stage with Maha CM Shinde at Dussehra rally

    He additionally focused BJP chief Amit Shah, asking if Shah was the nation’s residence minister or the BJP’s “internal minister” who solely topples state governments.

    Referring to Shah’s exhortation to BJP employees to point out the Sena `zameen’ (to rout it), Thackeray stated, “Even we want to see the zameen (land) of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir becoming part of our country.”

    The Shinde authorities was about to finish 100 days in workplace however most of this time was spent in Delhi, he stated, in a dig at Shinde’s visits to the nationwide capital. For the Shiv Sena, Hindutva meant nationalism, stated Thackeray.

    All nationalist Indians needs to be cautious of the BJP’s goal to complete off all different political events, he added.

    “RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat recently visited a mosque. Has he (then) given up Hindutva?” the Sena chief stated, in response to the BJP’s barbs that he discarded Hindutva by becoming a member of arms with the NCP and Congress.

    Thackeray referred to Bhagwat’s speech on gender equality and highlighted the Ankita Bhandari homicide case in Uttarakhand and the discharge and alleged felicitation of convicts within the Bilkis Bano case in Gujarat. Was this girls empowerment, Thackeray requested.

    “When we were with the BJP, the government never fulfilled Balasaheb Thackeray’s vision of naming Aurangabad and Osmanabad as Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv. As chief minister I took the decision to rename them with full support of MVA allies,” he stated.

    Earlier, when Thackeray arrived on stage with the phrase `Eknishth” (loyal) within the background, he knelt down earlier than the gathering.

    The 61-year-old chief wanted the assistance of his aides to kneel.

    “I don’t have the doctors’ permission to bow yet. But I can’t proceed before bowing to you,” he stated in the beginning of his 30-minute speech.

    MUMBAI: In a scathing assault on Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and different insurgent get together leaders, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday stated their popularity as “traitors” won’t ever go away.

    Thackeray, who stepped down as chief minister in June following Shinde’s rebel, addressed the get together’s annual Dussehra rally on the iconic Shivaji Park even because the Shinde faction organized its personal rally elsewhere within the metropolis.

    “The stamp of traitor (on the Shinde faction) will never go away. As time changes, the face of Ravan also changes. Today, it is the traitors (who are Ravan),” he stated on the well-attended gathering.

    When he was unwell and underwent a surgical procedure whereas being the chief minister, he had delegated duty to Shinde, then a senior minister, Thackeray stated.

    “But he conspired in opposition to me pondering I’ll by no means get up on my ft once more,” Thackeray alleged.

    Today’s Ravan was not recognized for a number of heads however for the variety of ”khoke” (bins), he stated, alluding to the alleged use of financial inducement or bins of money to carry down the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities led by him.

    “If you feel I should not remain the Sena president, I will quit. There is a limit to the lust for power. After the act of treachery, he (Shinde) now wants the party, its  symbol and also wants to be called party president,” Thackeray stated.

    Shinde was now making an attempt to applicable Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s legacy as a result of he couldn’t get votes in his “own father’s name,” he stated.

    He fashioned a post-poll alliance with Congress and Nationalist Congress Party in 2019 to show the BJP a lesson for going again on its previous assurance, Thackeray stated.

    “I swear on my parents that it had been decided that BJP and Shiv Sena will share the chief minister’s post for two and a half years each,” he stated.

    Shinde was among the many first to be sworn in as a minister together with Congress and NCP leaders, and “he had no problem then,” Thackeray stated, referring to Shinde’s declare that he rebelled as a result of he and his supporters didn’t approve of the brand new alliance.

    He didn’t need classes from BJP on Hindutva, Thackeray stated.

    “BJP leaders visited (then Pakistan prime minister) Nawaz Sharif on his birthday without invitation and bowed before (Mohammad Ali) Jinnah’s grave,” he stated.

    Thackeray additionally accused the BJP, his former ally, of elevating the Hindutva situation to divert consideration from poverty, unemployment and inflation.

    “RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale has shown BJP the mirror,” he stated, referring to Hosabale’s latest comment in regards to the challenges of unemployment and rising revenue inequality.

    With the rupee plummeting in opposition to greenback, he invoked late BJP chief Sushma Swaraj’s assertion that when the worth of the rupee decreases, the nation’s standing additionally goes down.

    Fighting to retain management of the get together based by his late father, Uddhav sought help and energy from the Sena cadres in entrance of him.

    “Today I have nothing. But with your support Shiv Sena will rise again. I will make a Shiv Sena worker chief minister again. We have to defeat the traitors in every election,” he stated, forward of the byelection to Andheri East Assembly constituency and Mumbai civic polls.

    ALSO READ: Uddhav Thackeray’s brother Jaidev shares stage with Maha CM Shinde at Dussehra rally

    He additionally focused BJP chief Amit Shah, asking if Shah was the nation’s residence minister or the BJP’s “internal minister” who solely topples state governments.

    Referring to Shah’s exhortation to BJP employees to point out the Sena `zameen’ (to rout it), Thackeray stated, “Even we want to see the zameen (land) of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir becoming part of our country.”

    The Shinde authorities was about to finish 100 days in workplace however most of this time was spent in Delhi, he stated, in a dig at Shinde’s visits to the nationwide capital. For the Shiv Sena, Hindutva meant nationalism, stated Thackeray.

    All nationalist Indians needs to be cautious of the BJP’s goal to complete off all different political events, he added.

    “RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat recently visited a mosque. Has he (then) given up Hindutva?” the Sena chief stated, in response to the BJP’s barbs that he discarded Hindutva by becoming a member of arms with the NCP and Congress.

    Thackeray referred to Bhagwat’s speech on gender equality and highlighted the Ankita Bhandari homicide case in Uttarakhand and the discharge and alleged felicitation of convicts within the Bilkis Bano case in Gujarat. Was this girls empowerment, Thackeray requested.

    “When we were with the BJP, the government never fulfilled Balasaheb Thackeray’s vision of naming Aurangabad and Osmanabad as Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv. As chief minister I took the decision to rename them with full support of MVA allies,” he stated.

    Earlier, when Thackeray arrived on stage with the phrase `Eknishth” (loyal) within the background, he knelt down earlier than the gathering.

    The 61-year-old chief wanted the assistance of his aides to kneel.

    “I don’t have the doctors’ permission to bow yet. But I can’t proceed before bowing to you,” he stated in the beginning of his 30-minute speech.

  • Dussehra rally: Shinde group will get BKC; Uddhav faction says straightforward for it to get nod for Shivaji Park

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Monday mentioned it will likely be simpler for them to get permission for the Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s camp acquired the nod for a rally within the BKC Complex on the “first-come-first-served” precept.

    Shiv Sena MP and spokesperson Arvind Sawant, a Thackeray loyalist, instructed PTI that the ‘first-come-first-served’ precept was utilized whereas granting permission to the Shinde group to organise a rally within the MMRDA floor within the Bandra Kurla Complex, which is stone’s throw away from Thackeray’s non-public residence ‘Matoshree’.

    Talking to reporters later, Sawant additionally asserted that there might be no different possibility for the Thackeray faction than holding the annual rally at ‘Shivtirth, the time period Shiv Sena makes use of for the Shivaji Park.

    When requested concerning the social gathering’s technique within the occasion it denied permission for Shivaji Park, Sawant mentioned Sena will see what might be achieved after that.

    He mentioned the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is but to disclaim them permission to carry the rally at Shivaji Park.

    Both the factions of Shiv Sena had staked a declare to carry their rallies on the iconic Shivaji Park, which is synonymous with the Shiv Sena.

    ALSO READ | Shinde cabinet to be expanded after Dussehra

    Both sides had alternately utilized for permission to carry their rallies within the MMRDA floor in BKC on Dussehra subsequent month.

    The Shinde faction has acquired a nod to carry a rally on the BKC.

    But, no choice has been taken by the BMC concerning the Shivaji Park floor.

    “Now, it will be easier for us (to get a nod for Shivaji Park). They (the Shinde group) got permission on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis. So, the same principle applies to us as well for Shivaji Park,” Sawant added.

    Attacking the BJP, Sawant additionally alleged that the sport plan of the social gathering is to pit two factions of the Shiv Sena in opposition to one another.

    The Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park is a key occasion in Shiv Sena’s annual calendar.

    The gathering of Shivsainiks has been held yearly because the inception of Shiv Sena.

    Shiv Sena chiefs – earlier Bal Thackeray after which his son Uddhav Thackeray – principally spelt out the agenda and focused rivals in the course of the Dussehra rallies.

    This 12 months’s rally assumes significance as each Uddhav Thackeray and CM Shinde declare their respective factions to be the unique Shiv Sena.

    Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar backed the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction and mentioned his group is the true Shiv Sena to carry the annual congregation on the Shivaji Park.

    “I have been seeing this for 30-40 years. When one says Shivaji Park, then it is the Shiv Sena, the one led by Balasaheb Thackeray. And that Shiv Sena is Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena. So, their demand for the Dussehra rally is not wrong,” Pawar instructed reporters.

    “(CM) Shinde also has the right to hold a Dussehra rally. They (the Shinde faction) had sought the BKC ground and got it. Once their problem is resolved, then there is no issue of opposing others. I am not saying they have not done it, but it is important to grant permission,” he mentioned.

    The NCP and the Shiv Sena had been alliance companions within the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities led by Uddhav Thackeray.

    MUMBAI: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Monday mentioned it will likely be simpler for them to get permission for the Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s camp acquired the nod for a rally within the BKC Complex on the “first-come-first-served” precept.

    Shiv Sena MP and spokesperson Arvind Sawant, a Thackeray loyalist, instructed PTI that the ‘first-come-first-served’ precept was utilized whereas granting permission to the Shinde group to organise a rally within the MMRDA floor within the Bandra Kurla Complex, which is stone’s throw away from Thackeray’s non-public residence ‘Matoshree’.

    Talking to reporters later, Sawant additionally asserted that there might be no different possibility for the Thackeray faction than holding the annual rally at ‘Shivtirth, the time period Shiv Sena makes use of for the Shivaji Park.

    When requested concerning the social gathering’s technique within the occasion it denied permission for Shivaji Park, Sawant mentioned Sena will see what might be achieved after that.

    He mentioned the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is but to disclaim them permission to carry the rally at Shivaji Park.

    Both the factions of Shiv Sena had staked a declare to carry their rallies on the iconic Shivaji Park, which is synonymous with the Shiv Sena.

    ALSO READ | Shinde cabinet to be expanded after Dussehra

    Both sides had alternately utilized for permission to carry their rallies within the MMRDA floor in BKC on Dussehra subsequent month.

    The Shinde faction has acquired a nod to carry a rally on the BKC.

    But, no choice has been taken by the BMC concerning the Shivaji Park floor.

    “Now, it will be easier for us (to get a nod for Shivaji Park). They (the Shinde group) got permission on a ‘first-come-first-served’ basis. So, the same principle applies to us as well for Shivaji Park,” Sawant added.

    Attacking the BJP, Sawant additionally alleged that the sport plan of the social gathering is to pit two factions of the Shiv Sena in opposition to one another.

    The Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park is a key occasion in Shiv Sena’s annual calendar.

    The gathering of Shivsainiks has been held yearly because the inception of Shiv Sena.

    Shiv Sena chiefs – earlier Bal Thackeray after which his son Uddhav Thackeray – principally spelt out the agenda and focused rivals in the course of the Dussehra rallies.

    This 12 months’s rally assumes significance as each Uddhav Thackeray and CM Shinde declare their respective factions to be the unique Shiv Sena.

    Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar backed the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction and mentioned his group is the true Shiv Sena to carry the annual congregation on the Shivaji Park.

    “I have been seeing this for 30-40 years. When one says Shivaji Park, then it is the Shiv Sena, the one led by Balasaheb Thackeray. And that Shiv Sena is Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena. So, their demand for the Dussehra rally is not wrong,” Pawar instructed reporters.

    “(CM) Shinde also has the right to hold a Dussehra rally. They (the Shinde faction) had sought the BKC ground and got it. Once their problem is resolved, then there is no issue of opposing others. I am not saying they have not done it, but it is important to grant permission,” he mentioned.

    The NCP and the Shiv Sena had been alliance companions within the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities led by Uddhav Thackeray.

  • After securing ties with Sambhaji Brigade, Uddhav gears up for legacy warfare over Shiv Sena’s Dussehra rally

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Mumbai’s civic physique on Friday mentioned it had obtained purposes from the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions of the Shiv Sena to “book” the sprawling Shivaji Park for a Dussehra rally.

    The rally, presumably a very powerful occasion of Shiv Sena’s political calendar, has been going down for a number of many years however has two claimants this time because of the cut up within the Sena following a rise up by Chief Minister Shinde in June.”

    “We have received two applications last month for booking Shivaji Park for the Dussehra rally. The first application was of the Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena on August 22 and the second was from the Shinde group just before Ganesh festival,” a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official informed PTI.

    No determination has been taken on the 2 purposes, the official mentioned on situation of anonymity.

    Earlier, Uddhav Thackeray had mentioned that his get together would maintain the Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park as earlier than, whereas his son and former minister Aaditya Thackeray had alleged the get together’s utility for nod for the rally was dealing with hurdles from authorities.

    The first Dussehra rally was held in 1966 and was addressed by Sena founder late Bal Thackeray, whose fiery speeches have since come to indicate the occasion.

    It is attended by get together employees from throughout the state.

    Meanwhile, the Uddhav faction and Sambhaji Brigade on Friday introduced that they are going to come out with a typical minimal programme (CMP) within the coming days and undertake political and different actions.

    Addressing a joint press convention right here, the Maratha outfit’s state vp Suhas Rane and the Sena spokesman Chintamani Kharkhanis mentioned each the events have laid their variations to relaxation and have come collectively for the good thing about the state.

    The future motion plans will likely be mentioned in conferences with Thackeray and the outfit’s president Manoj Akhre, they mentioned.

    “We will constitute district committees and hold Shiv Samvad rallies across the state,” they mentioned.

    Rane additional mentioned that the brigade believes and helps the Hindutva promoted by Prabhodhankar Thackeray and therefore, has joined palms with the Shiv Sena.

    “We are not keen on seat sharing in the coming elections, but want to do some constructive work in the state along with the Shiv Sena,” he mentioned.

    The Shiv Sena’s Thane district president Kedar Dighe mentioned the get together all the time believes in constructive politics.

    MUMBAI: Mumbai’s civic physique on Friday mentioned it had obtained purposes from the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions of the Shiv Sena to “book” the sprawling Shivaji Park for a Dussehra rally.

    The rally, presumably a very powerful occasion of Shiv Sena’s political calendar, has been going down for a number of many years however has two claimants this time because of the cut up within the Sena following a rise up by Chief Minister Shinde in June.”

    “We have received two applications last month for booking Shivaji Park for the Dussehra rally. The first application was of the Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena on August 22 and the second was from the Shinde group just before Ganesh festival,” a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official informed PTI.

    No determination has been taken on the 2 purposes, the official mentioned on situation of anonymity.

    Earlier, Uddhav Thackeray had mentioned that his get together would maintain the Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park as earlier than, whereas his son and former minister Aaditya Thackeray had alleged the get together’s utility for nod for the rally was dealing with hurdles from authorities.

    The first Dussehra rally was held in 1966 and was addressed by Sena founder late Bal Thackeray, whose fiery speeches have since come to indicate the occasion.

    It is attended by get together employees from throughout the state.

    Meanwhile, the Uddhav faction and Sambhaji Brigade on Friday introduced that they are going to come out with a typical minimal programme (CMP) within the coming days and undertake political and different actions.

    Addressing a joint press convention right here, the Maratha outfit’s state vp Suhas Rane and the Sena spokesman Chintamani Kharkhanis mentioned each the events have laid their variations to relaxation and have come collectively for the good thing about the state.

    The future motion plans will likely be mentioned in conferences with Thackeray and the outfit’s president Manoj Akhre, they mentioned.

    “We will constitute district committees and hold Shiv Samvad rallies across the state,” they mentioned.

    Rane additional mentioned that the brigade believes and helps the Hindutva promoted by Prabhodhankar Thackeray and therefore, has joined palms with the Shiv Sena.

    “We are not keen on seat sharing in the coming elections, but want to do some constructive work in the state along with the Shiv Sena,” he mentioned.

    The Shiv Sena’s Thane district president Kedar Dighe mentioned the get together all the time believes in constructive politics.