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MVA’s Kasba Pattern: After by-poll boost, Uddhav, Ajit Pawar, Patole to hold rallies for PMC and PCMC polls

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The Maha Vikas Aaghadi (MVA) recently received a boost when Congress snatched the Kasba Peth Assembly seat in Pune city from the BJP in a bypoll. The BJP had been winning the prestigious Assembly seat since 1995.

Now, after the boost, the MVA has decided to take the “Kasba Pattern” ahead for upcoming civic polls in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad.  Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP leader Ajit Pawar, state Congress chief Nana Patole and senior Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat will address the rally in Pune on May 14. 

A number of big cities, including Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur, are due for civic elections this year before the state heads for Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 2024.


Two meets conducted by MVA to decide the strategy

Yesterday, leaders of the MVA, a three-party Opposition alliance, met in Mumbai for the second consecutive day to discuss preparations for the joint rallies they have planned across the state to target the Eknath Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.

Former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Ajit Pawar, his counterpart in the Legislative Council Ambadas Danve and senior Congress as well as Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders attended the meeting.

Talking to reporters, state NCP chief Jayant Patil said the leaders will meet again next week to finalise the details.

The first rally is likely to be held in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, formerly known as Aurangabad, on April 2, he said.

On Wednesday, Thackeray, who heads the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), and other MVA leaders attended a meeting of the MVA, wherein it was decided that all the constituents will come together to hold rallies in different parts of the state to take on the Eknath Shinde-BJP government.

The Shinde government came to power in June 2022 after the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA dispensation following a rebellion with the Shiv Sena.

During the meeting on Wednesday, it was decided that the MVA will hold revenue division-wise rallies where leaders of all three Opposition outfits will participate.

(With inputs from agencies)

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Azmi’s unique protest… Wearing a mask, he reached Nagpur Assembly with a banner demanding effective action to end toxic air pollution in Mumbai, SMS company

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Mumbai: Air pollution and toxic atmosphere are common in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. The people of Shivaji Nagar and Govindi are facing toxic fumes every day. Successive governments have neglected this area because it is a poor neighbourhood.

On the second day of the winter session of the Assembly today, the Samajwadi Party (SP) made a clear demand.

It has demanded the immediate closure of the SMS company, RMC plant, and dumping ground and made it clear to the government that it should stop playing with the lives of the common man.
The government should take effective steps to eliminate this toxic air pollution. Abu Asim Azmi said that due to the SMS company in Govandi, the average age of people has increased to 39 years and diseases are spreading due to burning waste and chemical materials in it, so it should be banned immediately. He further said that clean sanitation and other facilities should be available in Govandi and such a factory should be closed so that the people can live a healthy life. Abu Asim Azmi protested against the toxic air outside the Nagpur Assembly in a very unique way by holding a banner and wearing a mask.

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Increase in crime incidents in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, demand for action against drug dealers and drug users, Abu Asim demands in Nagpur Assembly

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Mumbai: Due to the increase in crime incidents in Mumbai’s Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, the law and order situation is dire. Due to the shortage of police manpower, it is difficult to control crimes. Three murders have been committed here in three months. The increasing incidents of crime. Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, while addressing the Nagpur winter session, expressed concern and said that he demanded an increase in the police manpower and the establishment of a new police station in Shivaji Nagar so that criminal elements can be curbed. Along with this, he has also demanded action against drug and drug addicts here. Abu Asim Azmi told the House on a notice seeking attention that there has been an increase in murders, attempted murders and robberies last month. A 24-year-old coconut vendor was murdered over a money transaction. The second murder was committed due to personal enmity and the third murder was committed due to drug dealing. The police are investigating this case in connection with drugs. Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar is a poor area. The law and order situation here is bad due to drug addicts and drug dealers. The population here has also increased immensely. Whenever a road expansion or other project is started somewhere, people are rehabilitated here. That is why there is a shortage of police here. Even after setting up a bat post, there is no police in it because there is a shortage of police manpower. In such a situation, Azmi has demanded that police be deployed here.

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Mumbai: Hajra, wife of builder Riaz in Kurla, accused of illegal abortion, Kherwadi police registers case against mother

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Mumbai: An incident has come to light in Mumbai in which a case has been registered against a mother for illegally aborting a pregnancy. Kherwadi police have registered a case of abortion against the second wife of Kurla builder Riaz Shah. On December 7, Riaz Shah’s son filed a complaint in which it was stated that Hajra Shah had miscarried a 24-month-old child. The abortion was done using contraception in 2024 and on the complaint of this illegal act, the police have registered a case against Hajra and her brother Ashfaq under sections 88, 91, 238 of the BNS. This is the first case of its kind in which a case has been registered against the mother for wasting contraception. In 2024, when Riaz Shah asked his wife where the child was, she said that she had miscarried and that she had done the autopsy of the newborn in the Kurla Sunni graveyard and her brothers Ashfaq and Imran Lado knew about this. When Riaz checked in the graveyard, no record of the newborn was found, after which the police registered a case of misleading and aborting the child. Junaid Riaz Shah has filed a complaint against Liya. The police are investigating the matter further.

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