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Sena, BJP part ways for Mumbai civic polls

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Sena, BJP part ways for Mumbai civic polls

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Opponent in Goa is now adversary in Maximum City

By Sujit Bhar

The Shiv Sena and the BJP have parted ways, at least in the Mumbai municipal elections, to start with.

The way things were developing, this was only expected. It was clear if the Goa election deals were read. The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), a former BJP ally, has formed an alliance with Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM), having fallen out with the party at the Centre.

More importantly, the GSM has an interesting background. Its chief, Subhash Velingkar, is a former RSS chalak, but was expelled from the RSS when he led a black flag protest against BJP president Amit Shah.

In Goa, this is a BJP counterbalance. Not only that, even the Shiv Sena is in the fray. While the MGP has 26 candidates, the Manch and the Shiv Sena have fielded four each.

So this was only expected. Yet, there was cheering from supporters as Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on January 26, Republic Day, made official the breaking away from the BJP for the municipal elections. The assembly and the centre have not been touched, though. The Sena shares power with the BJP in both places, and this has not been disturbed.

Thackeray reportedly told his supporters in Goregaon: “How can I watch silently when you are intruding [into] my home? I need all the strength from Shiv Sainiks. In future, the Sena alone will ensure [the] saffron flag flies high in the state. I will not go to anyone asking and begging for an alliance. I will not survive on someone’s leftover. From now on the Sena will contest municipal corporation and zilla parishad polls on its own. The battle is on and Sena activists are my strength who stand with me in unity.”

He said that the party wasted 25 years by sticking with the BJP.

The seat sharing talks went slowly, and when the Sena offered just 60 seats to the BJP, the national party saw it as an insult. There are a total 227 seats.

The issue has been festering for long. The state BJP leadership had banned photos of gods and goddesses in government offices and the Sena did not take this lightly. Said Thackeray: “They (BJP) are hell-bent on removing photos. First Mahatma Gandhi was removed from a poster and instead Narendra Modi was installed. But Modi knows he is going to lose Uttar Pradesh elections. And as he knows, the BJP has remembered Ram, through Ram Mandir.”

He said there was no transparency in the BJP. He himself has no problem with that, but “will that transparency be seen in the functioning of the state and the central governments?”

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has tweeted: “Power is not an achievement but means of a development. Providing transparent administration is key of our government. Those who want, with them, those who do not want, without them. Change would certainly take place.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Salman Khan firing case: Mumbai Crime Branch arrests fifth accused

The Mumbai Crime Branch on Tuesday made its fifth arrest in the case regarding firing at Salman Khan’s residence in Bandra.

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The Mumbai Crime Brand made its fifth arrest in relation to gunfire at the Bandra home of Bollywood celebrity Salman Khan, on Tuesday. Mohammed Chaudhary, the fifth accused in the case, was taken into custody by Rajasthan police.

The inquiry indicates that on Sunday, April 14, at Galaxy Apartments, Muhammad Chaudhary assisted the two gunmen who have since been detained in carrying out the shooting event. It is said that Chaudhary gave the two shooters money and assisted them in scouting the crime scene.

Chaudhary is being brought to Mumbai today where he will be produced in the court and a demand for custody will be made, the Mumbai Crime Branch said in a statement.

Chaudhary’s arrest coincides with the continuing investigation into the shooting incident that shook Mumbai’s Bandra neighborhood. This arrest adds a new dimension to the intricate network of people connected to the attack on Salman Khan’s home.

On April 14, two attackers riding a bike opened fire outside Salman Khan’s residence, the Galaxy Apartments. Before leaving the area, the two also fired rounds in the direction of Khan’s flat. After the two gunmen were captured by the police, their ties to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang came to light.

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PM Modi votes at a polling booth in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, urges people to ensure record turnout

Union minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, who is contesting to retain the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, was present when Modi reached the polling booth.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday voted at a polling booth in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in the single-phase voting for 25 seats in Gujarat. He reached the polling booth at Nishan Public School in Ranip locality of Ahmedabad city soon after the voting started at 7 am and cast his vote. The prime minister greeted people and signed autographs on his way to the polling booth.

Union minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, who is contesting to retain the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, was present when Modi reached the polling booth. PM Modi also urged people to cast their vote in record numbers in the 3rd phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday and said their active participation will make the election more vibrant. Amit Shah was accompanied by his wife Sonal Shah, son Jay Shah other family members as they exercised their franchise.

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The prime minister congratulated the Election Commission for conducting the first 2 phases of Lok Sabha polls with hardly any violence and asked the people to come out in large numbers to vote. PM Modi further added the way the Indian elections are being conducted can be a learning process for other democracies, and it has been the subject of case study for many universities.

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Voting is taking place in 93 constituencies which are spread over 11 states and Union territories in the 3rd phase of the Lok Sabha elections. PM Modi also posted on X in Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Gujarati, Marathi and Hindi. More than 1,300 candidates, including around 120 women, are contesting in the 3rd phase of the Lok Sabha election.

PM Modi votes at a polling booth in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, urges people to ensure record turnout

Among the prominent leaders Union ministers Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad) and S P Singh Baghel (Agra) are contesting the election.

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Amit Shah says there will be jungle raj in the country if INDIA Bloc is voted to power

The Union Home Minister asserted that, if INDIA Bloc alliance comes to power, there will be a complete jungle raj in the country as well as in Bihar.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that there will be jungle raj in the country if INDIA bloc partners – Congress and RJD – are voted to power. He was addressing an election rally in favour of senior BJP leader and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, in Bihar’s Samastipur district where he said that the latest recovery of Rs 30 crore and more from the house of a minister in Jharkhand proves INDIA bloc alliance leaders are corrupt.

The Union Home Minister asserted that, if INDIA Bloc alliance comes to power, there will be a complete jungle raj in the country as well as in Bihar. Earlier the Enforcement Directorate on Monday recovered a huge amount of unaccounted cash during searches at the premises of a domestic help who was allegedly linked to the secretary of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam.

Shah asked the people at the rally that who will be the prime minister of the INDIA bloc? He asked if Sharad Pawar  would become the prime minister? Or Will Mamata Banerjee will become the PM of the country or MK Stalin or Uddhav Thackeray? He jokingly took at dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that he would like to take another name. He asked the people not to laugh and said can Rahul baba become the PM?

Shah accused the leaders of the RJD and the Congress of not attending the Ayodhya Ram temple Pran Pratishtha because of vote bank politics.  He further added that RJD’s Lalu Prasad and Congress always opposed the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. Shah pointed out that Congress has always opposed reservation for the backward classes. Sarairanjan block comes under the Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency where Rai is seeking a reelection. Rai, who is the NDA nominee, is up against RJD’s Alok Mehta.

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