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I’m ready for elections: Ex-CM Uddhav Thackeray

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Mumbai: Aggressive Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday appealed the people in the name of Hindutva all the while challenging the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde to face the elections.

Terming the Shinde faction as ‘thieves’ for stealing his father’s name, and party’s name and symbol, Thackeray said that those who don’t have anything of their own tend to take away other’s things and said that those who face people on their own shall win the hearts of the people and also the elections.

Uddhav Thackeray confident about the elections

“I challenge you to announce the elections now. I’m ready to face the elections. People are with me. The sun pours fire during the day. But, people gathered here have stored that fire in their heads. The fire shall burn you in the elections,” Thackeray said.

“BJP itself is not a challenge. But, they are in power and whatever they do while in power is a challenge. How to undo it will have to be pondered upon,” he said.

“Modi used to speak about doubling farm income during elections. I see many farmers here. I would like to ask them whether their income has doubled,” Thackeray said while criticizing Modi government’s policies.

Thackeray slams Modi-Shah duo

Thackeray also criticised the Modi-Shah duo for the CBI notice to former J&K governor Satyapal Malik. Recounting an incident where the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpeyee had changed the party’s elections strategy after some questions were raised by the then army chief, Thackeray said, “Had it been now even the army generals too would have had to face the ED and CBI.”

Thackeray also raised questions over Shinde government’s achievements. “They criticise me for running the government from home. But, what have they given you while roaming around the state?” he asked the pople.

He also challenged the BJP over the issue of Hindutva. “Show a single incident when I went against Hindutva,” he said and criticized the BJP for having different stand for every state. “If you are so committed to Hindutva, why don’t you have cow slaughter ban enforced in Goa,” he asked.

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Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

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Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

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Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

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Haji Ali Dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid due to rising sea level

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Mumbai: Due to rising sea level at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid. On March 31, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims from 12 noon to 3 pm. During this time, entry of pilgrims to the dargah will be restricted. The dargah will be closed on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm and on Wednesday, April 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Therefore, we have appealed to the pilgrims not to gather at the dargah during these hours. This information has been released by Tahir, administrative officer of Haji Ali Dargah. Pilgrims visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Basi and Tiwasi, but due to the rising water level of the sea, water gets accumulated on the way to the Dargah and entry to the Dargah is prohibited and the gate of the Dargah remains closed during these days, due to which there is a lot of crowd there. Therefore, pilgrims have been requested to come to the Dargah only at the scheduled time.

The police also remains vigilant at the Dargah during the rising sea level, as there is a crowd of pilgrims here during Eid and festivals. The Haji Ali Dargah administration has said that on the occasion of Eid, lakhs of pilgrims visit the Dargah of Haji Ali (RahmatullahAlaih). These pilgrims include pilgrims from the country and abroad, so the Dargah administration has also claimed special security arrangements on Eid. Spiritual scenes are also seen at Haji Ali Dargah during Eid prayers.

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