Maharashtra
Congress Fails To Nominate Leader For Maharashtra Legislature Session After Crushing Election Defeat

Mumbai: So shaken is the Congress in its crushing defeat in the Assembly elections that the party has not yet nominated anybody to lead the group of MLAs in the House when the special session of the state legislature begins on Saturday.
Though the party had a meeting of its newly elected MLAs recently in Mumbai, it failed to choose one among them. Instead, the meeting decided to authorise All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief Mallikarjun Kharge to do the honour.
The Congress could win just 16 seats of 101, with a vote share of 12.42%, contested under the banner of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) with Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar-led NCP.
The leader is to be chosen among just 16 MLAs and many prominent leaders such as Prithviraj Chavan, and Balasaheb Thorat have suffered ignominious defeats in their traditional bastions such as Karad (South) and Sangamner. It is surprising that the meeting decided to authorise Kharge to pick up one, say the party insiders.
The party had 222 MLAs at one time (the highest by any party with 56.36% vote share) in 1972. Now it is left with the smallest number since 1960, a leader said, adding the party tally was 141 in 1990, and since then it’s on the decline. The party had 42 MLAs in the last assembly (2014-2019) with an 18.10% vote share.
When asked about the no decision on the group leader, a leader said there has been a strong opinion about Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief Nana Patole. He has been actively raising concerns about the alleged tampering of EVMs, and the decision on the matter remains in a wait-and-watch mode.
It’s not just with Maharashtra but the Congress has not chosen anybody to lead the Haryana Congress legislature party when the elections took place in October, say the party leaders. There, the party leader will be the leader of the opposition, but the AICC has not nominated anybody, they say. In Maharashtra, to stake a claim on the post of the leader of the opposition a party needs 29 MLAs – 10% of the total strength of the house which is 288.
disaster
Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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

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

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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