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Mumbai: Amid Rains, People Throng For Both Sena Factions’ Dussehra Melava, Aaditya Thackeray To Address At Shivaji Park;

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Mumbai: Amid the surge of political activities in Maharashtra as the assembly election come close, the state is witnessing a ‘Super Saturday’ as both the factions of Shiv Sena will soon start their Dusserah melavas in Mumbai. The Shiv Sena (Udhhav Thackeray) faction is holding the melava at the traditional space, Shivaji Park in Dadar. While, Eknath Shinde will hold the melava at Azad Maidan in South Mumbai. Amid light rains, both Sena faction supporters have started thronging at the grounds.

The authorities and the party workers are busy with preparations and security measures. The politically heavyweight Shiv Sena Dusserah rallies have traditionally seen over 1 lakh attendees, per rally.

Aaditya Thackeray To Address At Shivaji Park

For the first time, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Uddhav Thackeray’s son, MLA Aadity Thackeray will be addressing the traditionally important and politically heavyweight Dusserah rally at Shivaji Park today. The Dusserah melava at Shivaji Park, has traditionally have been addressed by Balasahen Thackeray and later party president Uddhav Thackeray.

The Shiv Sena (UBT) supporters started thronging the Shivaji Park ground since noon. As the light rains have behab in parts of the city, the enthusiasm of the attendees has not dwindled.

Status At Azad Maidan

After the split in Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde held his first Dusserah rally at BKC, however for last two years the rally is been conducted at Azad Maidan. Shiv Sena expects that around 2 lakh people will be present, and the party has also arranged 3,000 buses to bring the supporters from across Maharashtra.

On the Shiv Sena Dussehra rally, leader Manisha Kayande said, “Lakhs of people and Hindutva supporters will come ahe rally at Azad Maidan to hear the ideas of Balasaheb Thackeray.”

To facilitate smooth transit for the attendees and maintain law and order, the Mumbai Traffic police have announced road diversions and heavy bandobast of security forces is implemented.

As the Election Commission of India will announce the assembly election schedule any day, the Dusserah rallies play a crucial role in election campaign strategies. The melavas will be seen as the platforms for both Sena factions to start their poll campaigns.

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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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