There has been a lot of webseries on the OTT platform so far, but ‘Tandava’ is the first such web series, which is growing in controversy. Hinduist organizations are constantly demanding action on this series. In this episode, Chhattisgarh Shiv Sena has also lodged an FIR against the Webseries Tandava at the Civil Line Police Station. The Chhattisgarh Shiv Sena says that in this series, Lord Shiva has been insulted and has been wrongly depicted. The Shiv Sainiks said that the cast of the Tandava series should be taken strict action to hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindus.
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Nobody should feel pain while chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’: Sanjay Raut
By PTI
MUMBAI: Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declined to speak at an event where “Jai Shri Ram” slogans were raised, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said nobody should feel pain while chanting the slogan.Talking to reporters here on Monday, Raut said he is sure Mamata Banerjee also has faith in Lord Ram.
Banerjee on Saturday declined to speak at an official programme to celebrate Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary in Kolkata after “Jai Shri Ram” slogans were raised from the audience in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
She said such “insult” was unacceptable.
Asked about the BJP accusing Banerjee of feeling pained when chanting the slogan, Raut said, “Nobody should feel pained to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in the country.”
“Nobody’s secularism will be under threat by saying Jai Shri Ram. We think Lord Ram is the pride of the country and support,” he said.
“Jai Shri Ram is not any political word. It is a matter of our faith, and I am sure that Mamata Didi also has faith in Lord Ram,” the Rajya Sabha member said.
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ also said Banerjee should not have got upset when “Jai Shri Ram” slogans were raised by some people during the programme.
“Rather, tables would have turned on them (those who raised slogans) had she mixed her voice among theirs. But everyone is catering to their own vote banks,” it said.
The BJP has identified Banerjee’s “weak point” and it will keep playing up such sensitive issues until the Assembly elections (in West Bengal) are over, it said.
The editorial also launched a veiled attack on the BJP, accusing it of poaching TMC leaders in West Bengal to defeat the Mamata Banerjee-led party in the forthcoming polls in that state.
It said the leadership of West Bengal, Punjab and Maharashtra were at the forefront of the country’s freedom struggle.
The three states are fighting for their self-pride at present also and the Centre is against them, it claimed.
Farmers from Punjab, who are agitating against the Centre’s new farm laws near Delhi border, are allegedly being trampled, it said.
Maharashtra is being targeted in a “pre-decided” manner, the Marathi daily alleged, apparently referring to notices by central agencies to some of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders.
The BJP poached Congress and NCP leaders ahead of the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly polls and gave them candidature, it alleged and said most of such candidates had got elected.
“What happened in Maharashtra is (now) happening in West Bengal. (BJP) doesn’t have anything of its own. It creates its legion poaching with whom it is going to fight. It happened in Bihar. Now, struggle is on to defeat the TMC by poaching TMC (leaders),” the Shiv Sena charged.
Notably, West Bengal forest minister Rajib Banerjee quit the Mamata Banerjee cabinet recently, joining the growing list of dissenters who have put the ruling camp in a tight spot ahead of the Assembly elections.
The editorial said the BJP winning 18 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal is a matter of concern for Mamata Banerjee.
“But this Bengal tigress (Mamata Banerjee) is the one who fights on the streets and will keep fighting,” it added.
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Shiv Sena remembers Balasaheb Thackeray’s birth anniversary
Shiv Sena founder Bala Saheb Thackeray’s birth anniversary was on Saturday. The birth anniversary of Bala Saheb Thackeray was celebrated at the Shiv Sena State Office at Chaube Colony in the capital. During this, Sunny Deshmukh said that Balasaheb was very high minded. Hindu heart emperor Bala Saheb Thackeray was rich in immense personality. Balasaheb is less praised. Sunny said that today he is not among us, but every word he uttered is enough to add immense enthusiasm to the Shiv soldiers. The event was mainly attended by State Secretaries SN Singh Paliwal, Resham Jangade, Suraj Sahu, Santosh Markandey, Ayush Das, Rahul Sonwani, Praful Sahu, Mohammad Aqib Khan, Neha Tiwari.
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Farmers to hold protest rally over agri laws in Mumbai; Pawar, Aaditya Thackeray to attend
By PTI
MUMBAI: A large numbers of farmers left for Mumbai from Maharashtra’s Nashik district on Saturday for a rally to demand repealing of the Centre’s three new farm laws.The rally organised by Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha will be held in Mumbai on January 25, a statement issued by the organisation said.
The rally will be addressed by former Union agriculture minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar, state Congress president Balasaheb Thorat and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray.
A delegation will also present a memorandum to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the release said.
Enacted in September last year, the three laws have been projected by the Centre as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove middlemen and allow farmers to sell their produce anywhere in the country.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at several border points of Delhi since November 28 last year, demanding a repeal of these laws.
Multiple rounds of talks between the government and farmer unions have failed to break the impasse so far, while the Supreme Court has appointed a panel for resolution.
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Shiv Sena farmer unemployed front started in the interest of farmers and unemployed youth
Chhattisgarh Shiv Sena has started a two-day farmer and unemployed youth front in the interest of farmers and unemployed youth. A two-day journey will be conducted from Chhattisgarh border Deori to Raipur. The Shiv Sena has taken this front on various demands such as lateality of farmers’ crop amount, problem of gunny, proper water supply in Ravi crop, employment of local unemployed youth. Shiv Sena Kamgar Sena leader Parmanand Verma said that the state government is proving to be a failure in the matter of giving jobs to educated unemployed youth. There are many factories in Chhattisgarh, yet the youth have to go out for employment. Parmanand Verma said that the state government should employ 80 local people. Follow the minimum wage which has been implemented. Exploitation of workers in the factory should stop. The workers should get the benefit of the appropriate minimum pay scale.
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Shiv Sena leads pack as Aghadi wins local body polls
Express News Service
MUMBAI: The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi emerged as the winner in the local body polls by bagging 6,799 grama panchayats out of the 11,795 whose results were declared on Monday.The race is for 14,234 gram panchayats, 2,000 of which have elected their heads unopposed. Shiv Sena leads the race with 2,576 seats, closely followed by BJP with 1,563. The other constituents of the MVA – NCP (2,400) and Congress (1,823) – accounted for 4,223 seats. Raj Thackeray-led MNS could muster only 36 seats, while independent candidates bagged 2,337 seats.
Many BJP stalwarts, including former BJP minister Ram Shinde, Maharashtra BJP state president Chandrakant Patil, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Udayan Raje Bhosale, saw their villages fall into the rival camp, prompting a jibe from Home Minister and senior NCP leader Anil Deshmukh that the saffron party would do well to perform as a good opposition. Deshmukh said the trend was in Aghadi’s favour.
“People voted for our government. They are happy with our policies. We will continue under the banner of Maha Vikas Aghadi,” Deshmukh said.
Referring to the recent graduate and teacher legislative council elections, Deshmukh said that the Aghadi had won five out of the total six seats. “The trend in Maharashtra shows that the people here have rejected the BJP. Now, BJP should not dream of coming back to power,” Deshmukh added.
Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat hailed the victory of the Aghadi and pointed out that Congress, too, had performed well. “We are hopeful winning more seats as people have reposed their trust in us. BJP needs to introspect. It should stop raising non-issues like Arnab Goswami and espouse the issues of farmers,” Thorat said.
However, former chief minister and BJP MLA Devendra Fadnavis exuded confidence that his party would emerge as the single largest party after the counting. Referring to BJP’s landslide victory in the Konkan region, he said, “Sena should introspect and work for the people. BJP will emerge the largest party.”
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Referring to the BJP’s landslide victory in the Konkan region, BJP MLA Devendra Fadnavis exuded confidence that his party would emerge as the single largest party
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Shiv Sena to contest West Bengal elections, says party as Uddhav gives nod
Express News Service
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena has decided to contest the upcoming West Bengal state assembly election.Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut and party chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut informed that they had a meeting with Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday where this decision contesting West Bengal polls has been taken.
After the meeting, Sanjay Raut immediately tweeted, “So, here is the much-awaited update. After discussions with Party Chief Shri Uddhav Thackeray, Shivsena has decided to contest the West Bengal Assembly Elections. We are reaching Kolkata soon…!! Jai Hind.”
Sources in Shiv Sena said that Sanjay Raut will go to Kolkata and meet the cadre and decide how many seats and which one should be contested in the total number of 298 seats of West Bengal state assembly. On the other hand, the BJP is also trying hard to poach the Trinamool Congress Party lawmakers ahead of the polls.
Interestingly, Shiv Sena is the alliance partner of the Congress and the NCP, but in West Bengal, it has decided to go solo rather than tying with any political front. Congress has decided to ally with the Left front.
Sources in Sena said that the Sena leadership knew that they will not win any seats, but its main intension is to damage the BJP by eating the Hindu votes. “The BJP and the Shiv Sena share the same ideology and so Sena has calculations that if they contest that they will surely damage the prospect of the BJP in West Bengal. Besides, it has no shortage of resources now. Therefore, the Sena is likely to field the candidates where the BJP is strong. Besides, Sena has also planned to attract the disgruntled leaders and prospective candidates in BJP who will be denied the tickets in the polls,” the source added requesting anonymity.
Sena will not fight to win the elections but to damage the chances of the BJP. “But the voters are shrewd and they will not vote to Sena. People generally vote to the main competitors but there are some sections that go with the local leaders. If the Sena gets such strong local leaders and in the multi contest, the victory margin is always thin so the candidates of Sena grabbing the small numbers of the vote can cost heavy to BJP. It is very difficult to predict everything now. But Sena will do everything to damage BJP and help incumbent chief minister Mamata Banerjee.”
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Maha Vikas Aghadi allies Shiv Sena, Congress spar over renaming Aurangabad city
By PTI
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena and the Congress, which are ruling allies in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, on Sunday sparred over renaming Aurangabad city, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led party saying it is not “secular” behaviour if one finds “cruel and religiously blind” Mughal emperor Aurangzeb “dear”.Hitting back, the Congress accused the Sena and the opposition BJP of playing politics over renaming and asked them why they did not they remember the issue while they were in power in Maharashtra for the past five years.
However, Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat maintained that the MVA government of the Sena, NCP and Congress in the state is stable. Thorat, who holds Revenue portfolio, also said the government works as per the common minimum programme (CMP) and there is no scope for the “politics of sentiment”.
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Erstwhile allies, the Sena and the BJP, have been pitching for renaming Aurangabad as ‘Sambhajinagar’ after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Writing for ‘Rokhthok’, the weekly column in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, party MP Sanjay Raut said, “secular parties like the Congress are of the view that Aurangabad should not be renamed as Sambhajinagar”.
He said these parties feel that minority communities like Muslims will not be happy if Aurangabad is renamed and it will affect their vote banks, which will raise questions over their “secular image”. Raut stressed that Aurangzeb was not secular but “a cruel” administrator. “Aurangzeb was religiously blind and harboured hatred towards other religions,” he wrote.
Raut stated that the Mughal emperor considered Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as his enemy and killed Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj brutally. “There should be no city named after such Aurangzeb at least in Maharashtra. This (demand) is not religious blindness. Call it ‘Shivbhakti’ (devotion to Shivaji Maharaj), Maharashtra’s self-esteem or the sense of history. Prostrating before those who find Aurangzeb dear! This is not secular behaviour!” Raut said.
Countering the Sena, Thorat said those who were in power at the Centre and in Maharashtra for the past five years are now playing renaming politics. He asked why did not the parties (read the Shiv Sena and the BJP) remember the renaming issue while they were in power.
The Congress leader further said that the Sena and the BJP have let down the people of Aurangabad despite being in power in the municipal corporation. “The renaming issue is being raked up now to mislead the local people. Our ally in the state, the Shiv Sena, is worried about its votes. Hence it has initiated this ‘Saamana’ (match) of renaming,” Thorat said.
He said pretentiousness is the core attitude of the BJP. “The people look at it (BJP)…how it behaves and speaks as entertainment,” Thorat said.
Without naming any party, Thorat further said those who play politics using names of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj need not teach him or his party about the duo. “We are Marathi people and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj are our deities. We will not seek votes using our role models and we will strongly oppose if anyone does so,” he added.
Notwithstanding the differences in views between the two MVA allies on the issue, the revenue minister said that the state government is stable and strong. “No one should feel over-joyous (over differences between the allies on the renaming issue),” Thorat added.
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PMLA: Bail of Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik’s ‘associate’ Amit Chandole rejected
By PTI
MUMBAI: A special PMLA court in Mumbai on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Amit Chandole, an alleged associate of Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik, in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate.Chandole was arrested in November last year under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a case involving a firm providing security services and others.
His bail plea was rejected by special PMLA Judge A A Nandgoankar, though the detailed order had not been made available as yet.
The ED has said it is probing alleged suspicious dealings of Chandole, Sarnaik, security service providing firm Tops Group and its promoter Rahul Nanda, all of whom have denied the allegations.
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After Aurangabad renaming controversy, another controversy in making over Osmanabad
Express News Service
MUMBAI: After the controversy over renaming Aurangabad as a Sambhaji Nagar, another issue has cropped up over renaming Osmanabad as a ‘Dharashiv’ by Shiv Sena.Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray recently referred to Osmanabad as a Dharashiv and discussion have started that after Aurangabad, Shiv Sena had planned to rename Osmanabad as a Dharashiv.
However, Congress objecting to this has said that before renaming any city, the historical and social background has to be also studied.
Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that Osman was the seventh king of Nizam empire. “Osman had donated 14,000 acres of huge track of land to social activist Vinobha Bhave for his handing over land to the landless movement. That time, several rich and affluent farmers donated their land to Bhave’s movement through which it was distributed to landless labourers,” Sawant said.
Sawant further said that the same Nizam king donated five-tonne gold to National Defence for the war between India and Pakistan in 1965. “As per today’s valuation, it is almost Rs 1600 crore which is the highest donation in India’s history. Besides, he had constructed several hospitals, dams, university and roads and was always on the forefront to help the poor and needy. The history should not be read in black and white. It has many angles that have to be understood before making any decisions. The polarised politics will end badly dividing society,” the Congress spokesperson said.
A Shiv Sena leader said that they have to stick to their Hindutva ideology even though they are sharing the power with the Congress and the NCP in Maharashtra.
“The Sena should make clear that which Hindutva they want to accept whether it is RSS-BJP extremist Hindutva or Gandhi’s inclusive Hindutva that a normal person practices in day to day life. Sena is a bit confused at the present situation,” said a political observer.