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Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) Leader Uddhav Thackeray Hints At Chief Ministerial Ambitions After Meeting With Congress Leaders In Delhi

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Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday dropped hints that he was ready to be projected as the chief ministerial face in Maharashtra.

Thackeray’s comments came on a day when he met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal and other INDIA bloc representatives in New Delhi.

Thackeray was accompanied by his son Aaditya and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut. “The farmers and youngsters of Maharashtra are fed up with the opportunistic BJP-led alliance. The 13 crore people of Maharashtra are looking towards change,” Kharge said on X after the meeting.

Gandhi said the meeting with Thackeray was held in the context of the upcoming assembly election in Maharashtra. “The Maha Vikas Aghadi will contest the election together and win,” he said on his WhatsApp channel.

Thackeray also met NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar, who had played a key role in stitching together the MVA coalition after the 2019 assembly election. Thackeray, who steered Maharashtra during Covid-19, said he had never dreamt of becoming chief minister.

“Ask them if they want me as the chief minister,” he said to questions of being projected as the chief ministerial face of the MVA alliance. “I had not dreamt of being a chief minister, nor I wanted to. But I am also not one who runs away from responsibility. I took up the responsibility and tried to deliver to the best of my abilities,” Thackeray said.

Thackeray was scheduled to meet former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday. Meanwhile, in Mumbai Mahayuti leaders criticised Thackeray for the visit. “He is begging for the CM’s chair and forgetting what the late Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray taught the Shiv Sainiks,” Thane MP and Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader Naresh Mhaske said.

“Balasaheb was keen to finish off the Congress and had even raised questions about Sonia Gandhi’s contribution to India. Now his son can express apology for what the late leader had said,” he said.

When Pune is witnessing a deluge-like situation, Thackeray could have visited the city. Instead he chose to go to Delhi, Mhaske said. BJP city unit chief Ashish Shelar said Thackeray had gone to Delhi to “clean Congressmen’s utensils”.

“Thackeray has gone to Delhi not to raise issues affecting women, farmers or youths of Maharashtra. He has gone to the national capital to seek Congress’ support as he wants to become chief minister again,” Shelar said.

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Shiv Sena wave in North Maharashtra, Dr. Shrikant Shinde takes charge of election campaign

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Mumbai Nandurbar: Shiv Sena is on a wave in North Maharashtra. A large number of “Ladli Bheenas” and youth are participating in the rallies of Shiv Sena youth leader Dr. Shrikant Shinde. Dr. Shinde launched his election campaign in North Maharashtra today. Addressing the gathering, he said that the Mahayoti government has taken strong steps to empower women and youth, which is why Maharashtra’s Ladli Behna Yojana is becoming self-reliant. Attacking the opposition, he said that many opposition leaders were opposing the “Ladli Behna Yojana” but under the leadership of Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, this scheme was implemented and it will not be stopped under any circumstances. The opposition is only spreading confusion, Ladli Behna will respond with their votes. Dr. Shrikant Shinde explained that in the last three years, Shiv Sena has reached every corner of Maharashtra under the leadership of Eknath Shinde. Shinde Sahib is empowering his workers by holding eight meetings every day. He has an Urban Development Department, which has resulted in record-breaking funding for the backward villages of Maharashtra, paving the way for strong rural development.

Dr. Shrikant Shinde criticized UBT and said that some people are experts in criticizing, but they have never done any concrete work for the people. That is why today Mahayoti candidates are seen everywhere. The people are well aware of the state of the opposition.

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Kalyan College Namaz Controversy: SIO Demands Action Against Perpetrators

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Mumbai: SIO has demanded strict action against the hooliganism of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad on offering prayers in Mumbai’s Kalyan College. Here, State Secretary SIO Aziz Ahmed said that
The incident that took place at Ideal College of Pharmacy and Research in Kalyan is highly condemnable and unacceptable, where hooligans belonging to Bajrang Dal entered the college campus, threatened and harassed Muslim students for offering prayers and even tried to make them sit in front of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. This incident is a direct attack on religious freedom and the sanctity of the educational campus.

SIO strongly condemns this incident and expresses complete solidarity with the affected students. We demand that strict action be taken against the accused at the earliest, the college administration ensure the safety of the students and take concrete steps to prevent such incidents in the future.

We appeal to the entire student community to maintain religious harmony and remain united against such sectarian attitudes and demonstrate strong solidarity.

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Five-year-old kidnapped girl rescued from Vakola, five arrested, girl held hostage by uncle in Panol

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Mumbai: Police has claimed to have arrested five accused, including uncle Momani, on charges of kidnapping a five-year-old girl. The gang had planned to kidnap and sell the girl. A case of kidnapping of a minor girl was registered on November 22 under the limits of Vakola police station. Several teams were formed in Zones 8 and 7. During the investigation, it was revealed that a suspicious rickshaw had gone to Panvel and returned. A man, a woman, a rickshaw driver and the girl were in the rickshaw between 2 and 3 am. The kidnappers were identified as the girl’s uncle Lawrence Niconelis Fernandes, 42, and his wife Momani, who is a Mangal degree, both of them had gone to Panvel by rickshaw and were going to sell the kidnapped girl. The kidnapped girl was recovered from the possession of their acquaintance Sans. The Sans gave details about the wanted accused during the investigation, after which Windra Dinesh Chavan, 60, and Anjali Ajit Korgaokar, 57, were arrested from New Panvel, Raigad. The kidnapped girl was sold for Rs 1,80,000 and Vrinda Chavan was taken into custody from her house and the girl was safely brought to Vakola. This operation was carried out by DCP Manish Kalwaniya on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti and the girl was recovered safely. In this case, the police have arrested rickshaw driver Latif Abdul Majeed Sheikh, 52, a resident of Santa Cruz, Lawrence Nicholas Fernandes, 42, a laborer from Raigarh, Mangal Dagra Jadhav, 38, from Raigarh, Kiran Maruti Sons, 38, from Panvel, Vrinda Vanish Chavan, 60, from Raigarh and the investigation is underway.

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