Mumbai, Jan 30 (IANS) Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) in the party mouthpiece Saamana on Friday said that former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s departure will “undoubtedly” shift the chess pieces of Maharashtra’s political landscape. “While his influential followers will search for a new patron, they will certainly never find “another” Dada, who is no more; his funeral pyre was lit, and his ashes were scattered in Baramati. His death has devastated the lives of many — a natur…
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Baramati, Jan 29 (IANS) Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Thursday expressed deep shock over the sudden demise of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar, stating that he was indeed the “Dada (Big Brother)” of Maharashtra politics, saying that this era has ended far too soon. The Thackeray camp compared his loss to the untimely deaths of other young and promising leaders of Maharashtra, such as Pramod Mahajan, Gopinath Munde, Vilasrao Deshmukh, and R.R. Patil.”It f…
Mumbai, Jan 24 (IANS) Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led MahaYuti government over the alleged sexual abuse of a four-year-old girl by a school bus driver in Badlapur, near Mumbai, calling it a grave failure of both the school administration and the state machinery to protect children.In an editorial published in the party mouthpiece Saamana, the Thackeray camp criticised the state leadership, remarking that while senior officials, inc…
Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) Amid ongoing election activity in the 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) has launched a fierce attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of abandoning its core ideology for the sake of power. The party described the BJP’s recent political manoeuvres in Maharashtra as a “shameful display of hypocrisy” following revelations of local alliances with the AIMIM and the Congress party.The Thackeray camp in the part…
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Amid an ongoing campaign for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Shiv Sena(UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena founder Raj Thackeray, in a joint interview to ‘Saamana’, claimed that their alliance is not just political but a “Maharashtra dharma” — a duty to protect the state’s pride.In the editorial of the party mouthpiece, the Thackeray cousins attacked the current administration in Maharashtra, saying, “A death warrant is being issued fo…
Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday accused the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra of pushing the state towards an “unprecedented moral and democratic decline”, saying that the ongoing municipal elections have become a “farce”, characterised by the “mafia-isation” of democratic processes through money power and the intimidation of opposition candidates. The trigger was the election of around 70 corporators who have been declared elected unopposed, w…
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Friday attacked the Mahayuti government, saying that BJP leader Kripashankar Singh’s assertion that the next Mayor of Mumbai will be from the North Indian/Hindi-speaking community is not an isolated comment but is the “official stance” of the party to dilute the Marathi identity of the city and is a direct attack on Maharashtra’s regional pride. The Thackeray camp, in an editorial in the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, titl…
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Monday claimed that Maharashtra is witnessing an era of open “Gundaraj” (gangster rule), alleging that criminals have infiltrated the political parties led by Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde, and Ajit Pawar. The state, Uddhav Sena alleged, is increasingly being reduced to a “nourisher of criminals,” with rival gangs allegedly embedded within ruling parties and clashing across Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra.In a s…
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Friday criticised the BJP and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, saying that their version of Hindutva and patriotism was hypocrisy. Referring to Fadnavis’ statement after the formal announcement of alliance between the Thackeray cousins that the BJP does not wear the saffron shawl merely for votes, the Thackeray camp termed it as “the pinnacle of double standards”. It further claimed that the BJP’s Hindutva is a “sham”…
Mumbai, Dec 25 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Thursday said that while many alliances and coalitions have occurred in the politics of the state and country, the tie-up between the Shiv Sena(UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founded by Raj Thackeray is set to be historic, revolutionary, and a source of strength for the Marathi Manoos.The party said that the reunion of the Thackeray brothers is a “good omen” for Maharashtra in defeating those per…