Connect with us
हिंदी اردو
Wednesday,26-March-2025
Breaking News

Maharashtra

Mumbai University senate polls: Aaditya’s first big solo test

Published

2 years ago

on

Aaditya Thackeray will face his first test since the Shiv Sena split, at the start of next year as Yuva Sena head. This is because the Mumbai University senate poll will be held in January or February. The Yuva Sena has always dominated this election. It is learnt that former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has himself started preparing for it.

The Mumbai University has started the registration of new graduate voters and old voters are being re-registered. This will continue till December. There were around 65,000 voters in the last election which was held in 2018. According to sources, for this election, Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting of former corporators at his residence Matoshree. Sources claim he has asked them to work for the senate election and registration of voters. Meetings of party office-bearers from each vibhag were also held. Arvind Bhosle, spokesperson for the Thackeray-led party confirmed there was a meeting on Friday regarding the Senate election.

A former corporator who was present at the meeting said that the responsibility of registering graduate voters has been specially entrusted to the corporators and shakha pramukhs of the party. “They have good contacts in their ward. So they were entrusted with this responsibility. The party chief has also asked other office-bearers to contribute their time for this work,”
he said.

After the split in the party, the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena got a big setback in Thane. However, party leaders claim they are supported by voters there. “Even if there is less voting from Thane, it will be compensated from Mumbai as well as other districts like Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg,” said a party office-bearer.
The Shiv Sena’s youth wing, Yuva Sena, won 10 out of 10 seats in the 2018 Senate elections as compared to 2010, when it had won eight of 10 seats. Yuva Sena has been Aaditya’s pet body as he was launched into politics as its head at the party’s Dussehra rally in 2010 by his grandfather late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. For the Mumbai University senate elections, a part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), Congress student wing National Students Union of India has also started parallel registration process. The registration is going on from NSUI, but the main Congress has not yet participated in it, a Congress office-bearer said. “We are going to contest the elections. Voter registration has started for that,” said Youth Congress Mumbai President Zeeshan Siddiqui.

Yuva Sena leaders also said that the focus at present was only on registration. It is obvious that the Yuva Sena has been keeping a low profile as Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his aides had claimed that political and administrative interference of a few Yuva Sena leaders during the MVA’s tenure had led to a lot of anger among the party’s rank and file. The Senate of the University is the watchdog of Mumbai University which has representatives of teachers, principals and the management. It is empowered to pass the university’s budget. Political observer Abhay Deshpande said that such elections are beneficial in attracting youth. It helps create the next generation of the main party. Another political observer said that if the Yuva Sena can maintain its dominance in this election, it will have a good effect on the morale of the party.

Leeladhar Bansod, deputy registrar of the Mumbai University, said, “The registration of voters—graduates—will continue online till December 13. After that, the draft list of voters will be published and suggestions and objections will be invited. After that the final list will be announced and the election programme declared.”

Post Views: 135
Related Tags:

Maharashtra

‘Dalaals Of Builders…’: Aaditya Thackeray Slams Maha Govt Over Handing Over Open Spaces Along Mumbai Coastal Road To Realtors

Published

1 hour ago

on

March 26, 2025

By

Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday opposed the Maharashtra government’s decision to hand over the open spaces along South Bound Coastal Road to builders for development.

Taking to X, Aaditya said, “Hearing that some dalaals (brokers) of builders are asking for the open space of the South Bound Coastal Road we planned and initiated for Mumbai.”

Disapproving the government’s move, he said, the land belongs to Mumbaikars and it must remain with the BMC.

“The open space MUST remain with the BMC only and only for open spaces and urban forest plantations, as we Mumbaikars have planned. We will not allow the government to hand it over to builders or for hoardings as it wishes to!” he said.

Notably, last month, the BMC received only one bid for the development of approximately 70 hectares of open space along the Coastal Road Project.

Post Views: 43,487
Continue Reading

Maharashtra

Disha Salian case: Mahayuti legislators seek Aditya’s resignation, narco test

Published

2 hours ago

on

March 26, 2025

By

Mumbai, March 26: Shiv Sena legislator Sanjay Gaikwad on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Shiv Sena-UBT MLA Aditya Thackeray in connection with the Disha Salian death case.

Gaikwad raised the issue after Disha Salian’s father, in his complaint to the Mumbai Police Commissioner, named Thackeray, Dino Morea and Suraj Pancholi.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena leader Bhavana Gawli raised the issue in the Legislative Council and demanded Thackeray’s narco test in connection with the case.

Gaikwad demanded that Thackeray should resign while appealing to the state government to make its stand clear on this issue.

Even before Gaikwad was to conclude his speech, the Mahayuti legislators entered the Well of the House demanding that Thackeray should resign.

Amid din, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar adjourned the House for 10 minutes. After the House reassembled, the members from the treasury benches continued to demand Thackeray’s resignation.

Shiv Sena Minister Sambhuraj Desai stood up and told the Assembly that Disha Salian’s father filed a complaint with the Police Commissioner in which he named Thackeray.

“In the case of the killing of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, the state government since day one has said that it would not spare anyone. Similarly, the government is quite clear that no one will be spared in the Disha Salian death case,” said Desai.

He added that a SIT probe is underway, and the petition has been pending in the High Court for hearing.

The government will submit the SIT report to the court, and based on it and the court order, necessary action will be taken in this case, the minister added.

After the minister’s statement, the ruling alliance members did not pursue the issue, and thereafter, the proceedings started smoothly.

On Tuesday, lawyer Nilesh Ojha, appearing for Disha Salian’s father, told reporters that a written complaint to the police commissioner’s office was accepted by the Joint Commissioner of Police (crime). The complaint was incorporated in the FIR.

He further stated, “Aditya Thackeray, Dino Morea, Suraj Pancholi and his bodyguard, Parambir Singh, Sachin Vaze and Rhea Chakraborty are all accused in the FIR.”

He claimed that Parambir Singh was the main mastermind for the “cover-up” in the case.

Post Views: 40,141
Continue Reading

Maharashtra

Maha govt withdraws 6 pc tax on EVs priced above Rs 30 lakh

Published

3 hours ago

on

March 26, 2025

By

Mumbai, March 26: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced on Wednesday in the state council that the government has decided to withdraw the six per cent tax on electric vehicles (EVs) priced above Rs 30 lakh, as was initially proposed by Deputy CM and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar in the annual budget for 2025-26.

The chief minister made this announcement while responding to a question by Shiv Sena(UBT) legislator Anil Parab during a discussion on EVs and air pollution.

Deputy CM Ajit Pawar had said that the six per cent tax on EVs priced above Rs 30 lakh was part of its move to mop up additional revenue. However, the auto industry and other stakeholders had urged the state government to withdraw the 6 per cent tax, especially when the Centre and the state government are promoting the use of EVs to address the pollution issue.

Parab raised concerns over the proposed tax which would have been effective from April 1.

He said, “The Centre is actively encouraging EVs by providing a slew of incentives. The state government’s proposal to level a six per cent tax on EVs above Rs 30 lakh would be counter productive and it would be contradictory to the broader objective of promoting pollution free and clean mobility.”

The chief minister said that the government arrived at a conclusion that the tax would not mobilise substantial revenue and could send the wrong signal about our commitment to electric mobility. Therefore, the state government will not go ahead with the six per cent tax on EVs priced above Rs 30 lakh, he added.

During the budget presentation on March 10, the state government proposed a 6 per cent tax on EVs above Rs 30 lakh and a one per cent tax hike on individual-owned non-transport four-wheeler CNG and LPG vehicles. The move was aimed to generate an additional revenue of approximately Rs 150 crore in 2025-26. The Finance Minister had also announced a 7 per cent tax on light goods vehicles (LGVs) carrying goods up to 7,500 kg, which would bring Rs 625 crore to the exchequer.

Post Views: 40,368
Continue Reading

Trending