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Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray jointly unveiled their manifesto, ‘Vachan Nama’ (ANI image)
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) main Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray connected Sunday jointly unveiled their manifesto, ‘Vachan Nama’, for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections scheduled for January 15.
This marks a large measurement successful their renewed governmental alliance.The manifesto was released astatine a associated property league astatine Shiv Sena Bhawan successful Mumbai, a venue Raj Thackeray returned to aft astir 2 decades. The screen of the manifesto prominently features the Thackeray cousins on with Shiv Sena laminitis Balasaheb Thackeray.Speaking aft the release, Uddhav Thackeray asserted that “Mumbai’s politician volition beryllium a Marathi”.
The akin sentiment was besides echoed by Raj Thackeray, who said that the politician of Mumbai and different cities successful Maharashtra indispensable beryllium Marathi and that the Marathi connection indispensable beryllium respected.
The Shiv Sena (UBT)-MNS confederation promised a scope of civic reforms, including affordable lodging and stronger infrastructure successful healthcare, nationalist transport and education. Under the manifesto, women moving arsenic home assistance and Koli women volition person a monthly allowance of Rs 1,500 done the projected Swabhiman Nidhi scheme.
The confederation besides pledged to trim the minimum autobus fare from Rs 10 to Rs 5, adhd much buses and routes, scrap spot taxation connected homes up to 700 quadrate interest and guarantee 1 parking abstraction per level successful redeveloped buildings.
Both leaders powerfully attacked the BJP-led Mahayuti authorities implicit candidates winning civic seats unopposed. Uddhav Thackeray demanded that elections successful specified wards beryllium cancelled and the polling process restarted, alleging that voters were being denied their antiauthoritarian rights. He claimed that ideology was being undermined. “The ambiance successful the state is similar ideology has been taken implicit by mobocracy,” Shiv Sena (UBT) main said.Accusing the ruling parties of manipulating the electoral process, Uddhav alleged that aft “vote-stealing”, they had present begun “stealing candidates”. The Shiv Sena (UBT) person further urged the State Election Commission to cancel polls successful specified wards and restart the predetermination process."If the SEC has courage, it should cancel elections wherever candidates were chosen unopposed, initiate canvass process again successful those wards," Uddhav said. The erstwhile Maharashtra main curate besides alleged large-scale corruption successful the functioning of the BMC since his authorities was removed successful 2022. He claimed that portion the civic body’s yearly expenditure is astir Rs 15,000 crore, beforehand mobilisation payments to contractors magnitude to astir Rs 3 lakh crore, calling it a monolithic scam whose proceeds were allegedly being utilized to power elections.Uddhav Thackeray further targeted Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar, accusing him of threatening candidates and voters and interfering successful the information process. He demanded Narwekar’s contiguous suspension, alleging violations of the exemplary codification of behaviour and tampering with CCTV footage linked to the filing of nominations. Narwekar has dismissed the allegations arsenic politically motivated.Raj Thackeray warned the ruling enactment that powerfulness is not imperishable and accused the BJP of mounting unsafe precedents.
He questioned the party’s soundlessness implicit unopposed victories successful Maharashtra, recalling that it had earlier approached the Supreme Court implicit akin issues successful West Bengal.The Maharashtra State Election Commission has sought a elaborate study from the BMC main pursuing complaints that information forms were rejected successful definite Colaba wards, wherever relatives of Speaker Narwekar are contesting.Polling for 29 municipal corporations crossed Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, volition beryllium held connected January 15, with counting scheduled for January 16. Elections volition beryllium held for 2,869 seats crossed 893 wards, with Mumbai accounting for 227 seats.Seat-sharing betwixt Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS for the BMC polls has been formally finalised. Under the arrangement, Shiv Sena (UBT) volition contention 145 to 150 seats, the MNS 65 to 70 seats, portion 10 to 12 seats person been allocated to the NCP.
