THANE: A day after members of the Shiv Sena (UBT) threw betel nuts on the automobile of MNS chief Raj Thackeray in Beed, MNS staff threw cow dung, bangles, tomatoes and coconuts on the convoy of Uddhav Thackeray when he approached the Gadkari Rangayatan in Thane to handle his social gathering staff.
MNS staff staged a protest outdoors Gadkari Rangayatan on Saturday night, and the objects have been hurled as Uddhav’s convoy got here near the venue.Police detained a number of MNS staff concerned within the act. They claimed their actions have been in retaliation for the Beed incident.
On Friday members of Sena (UBT) had waylaid Raj Thackeray’s convoy and requested him whose ‘supari’ (contract) he had taken for the meeting elections. Police had then detained eight individuals. The protesters had additionally focused Raj over his stand on Maratha quota.
The Beed police named 5 individuals, led by Sena (UBT) Beed district president Ganesh Warekar, as accused for illegally holding the agitation and illegal meeting. Warekar advised TOI, “Although I’m an office-bearer of a celebration, we protested as Marathas. Raj Thackeray has no proper to criticise our demand for reservation.”
Raj mentioned on Saturday that those that pelted betel nuts at his automobile have been Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) staff and weren’t linked with the Maratha agitation. “They raised a couple of Maratha slogans, however they’re from these events. I need to warn individuals towards letting political events gasoline rigidity between communities in Maharashtra,” he mentioned whereas chatting with mediapersons in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
Earlier within the day, UBT Sena tried to distance itself from the incident, stating the Beed act was neither supported nor authorised by the social gathering. RS MP Sanjay Raut mentioned, “Individuals who threw betel nuts might be office-bearers of Shiv Sena (UBT). Nevertheless, as a celebration, we should not have something to do with that agitation. As per our info, the agitation wasrelated to Maratha reservation. Raj Thackeray had made a reservation-related assertion. All younger Marathas related to completely different events are agitating towards his assertion.”
Raj on Saturday mentioned his social gathering’s stand had been that reservation must be granted solely on financial grounds.
(With inputs by Mohammed Akhef in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
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