Amid the Gyanvapi mosque row, the MNS has claimed that two dargahs had been built on the Punyeshwar temple land in Maharashtra’s Pune city. MNS general secretary Ajay Shinde on Sunday said they have launched the ‘Punyeshwar Mukti’ (free the temple land) campaign, and appealed to people to support the Raj Thackeray-led party’s fight in … Read more
Nagpur: With the heavy deployment of police across Nagpur, MNS president Raj Thackeray‘s call to play the Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers evoked tepid response in the city on Wednesday, a police official said. The official said an application for playing the religious hymns on loudspeakers was received at the Kotwali police station, but it was … Read more
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday cracked down on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, which has been demanding removal of loudspeakers from mosques. On Tuesday, the police registered an FIR against the party chief, Raj Thackeray, and then made preventive arrests of its leaders. Police personnel were also deployed outside mosques in sensitive areas. The development came hours … Read more
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has cancelled plans to hold ‘Maha Aartis‘ on Akshaya Tritiya – which falls on Tuesday, the same day as Eid. Addressing his supporters, MNS chief Raj Thackeray tweeted: “Tomorrow is Eid… The Muslim community should celebrate this festival in happiness. Do not celebrate Akshiya Tritiya by holding Maha Aartis anywhere … Read more
Mumbai: Stakeholders would be consulted before Maharashtra issues fresh guidelines to regulate the use of loudspeakers, home minister Dilip Walse Patil has hinted. The state government was concerned about communal clashes in the state and would seek inputs from the Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing to check if there was a conspiracy, … Read more
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray was not a signatory to a recent letter written by 13 leaders of national opposition parties to the Centre, expressing concern over rise in communal incidents in the country. The move came in the backdrop of pressure from BJP and MNS over Hindutva, according to party circles. There is nervousness … Read more
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray will perform ‘maha aarti‘ at the renowned Hanuman temple in Pune on Saturday, his party functionaries said. The temple is situated on Kumthekar Road and Thackeray had helped renovate it, local MNS leader Ajay Shinde claimed. Hanuman Jayanti will be observed across the country on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Pune … Read more
In a dig, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said Raj Thackeray has become a “loudspeaker” of BJP after securing “amnesty” from Central probe agencies, a day after the MNS chief batted for the Uniform Civil Code and stressed the need for controlling the population growth in the country. Stating that Hindutva runs in … Read more
One more office-bearer of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s Pune unit has resigned over party chief Raj Thackeray‘s remarks on shutting down loudspeakers on mosques.With the resignation of Maharashtra Navnirman Vahtuk Sena’s vice president Shaibaz Punjabi on Tuesday, the number of Muslim members who have quit the MNS over the last two days reached two. “I … Read more
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and BJP state president Chandrakant Patil met in Nashik on Sunday. Patil later told reporters that he and Thackeray only exchanged pleasantries and “nothing more”, as they share warm and friendly relations since their student days. Both the leaders are in Nashik to take stock of the preparedness of … Read more