MARATHA MANUSH! Who does REPRESENT you? by palashbiswas @ 2009-10-23 – 18:17:26
MARATHA MANUSH! Who does REPRESENT you?
Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams, Chapter 410
Palash Biswas
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23/10/2009
Bal Thackeray spews venom, blames people for pushing state into 'hell'
Mumbai: Stunned by his party's third consecutive defeat at the hustings, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Friday blamed the people of Maharashtra for "pushing the state back into hell" by re-electing the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) combine.
In an editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna, which expressed the party's shock and anguish over its rout in the 2009 assembly polls, the Sena chief and the newspaper's editor wondered what were the great achievements of the Democratic Front government in the past 10 years that made people to vote for it.
"There was corruption, load-shedding, Maoist terror which killed policemen, suicides of thousands of farmers, Mumbai terror attacks, etc," Thackeray noted in the editorial.
The results of the assembly elections held Oct 13 gave the Congress 82 seats and the NCP 62 -- totalling 144 in the 288-member assembly. The opposition alliance got a drubbing with only 90 seats, the Shiv Sena getting 44 and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 46. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) got 13 seats.
Thackeray blamed the people for the defeat of the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saffron alliance and for bringing back a "naalayak" (useless) government.
Securing wins by default
In all the three states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana and Maharashtra -- the opposition parties simply gifted a win to the Congress
Nehru's commitment to his country and his legacy will surely endure -- regardless of whatever he did or did not do in his personal life
10/23/2009
Now I'm just a credit title: Amitabh Bachchan
He sleeps for "four to five hours" a day, burns the midnight oil to blog and has a packed shooting schedule. But 67-year-old megastar Amitabh Bachchan insists he is neither the busiest person in the Hindi film industry nor an important part of any of his projects.
"I don't think that is entirely correct. I just do whatever is offered to me. I do films, I am now doing television ('Big Boss 3')," said Amitabh shrugging off the busy bee title.
"If you plan your day and time, you can find time to do all these things. If the body responds, it's fine. But sooner or later it's going to pack up, so might as well work while it's working," said Amitabh who squeezed in enough time to reply to 1207 SMSes that he received on his birthday last week.
Over four decades of excellent cinematic presence has made him a brand. Doesn't that overshadow others in a film?
"I don't think that is entirely correct. May be in the early years, they (audiences) came to watch my films because I was in it. But now I am just one of the credit titles. I am not that important," Bachchan told us in an interview.
"I am a part of the crew and the cast. Even in my early years, I used to think that. I think the product itself is more important. It's the film that is going to make you or your name or give you visibility. If that goes wrong then everything goes wrong. So one must work as a team so that the product works," he explained.
The actor stays awake till the wee hours to write his blog.
"That is like a compulsion. I feel very vacant and I feel as though I haven't done justice to my day if I don't write the blog because there are now a few hundred people who are regular. They wait to know about me and they want to talk to me," Amitabh said.
"I feel somewhat guilty if I don't write the blog every day. So even if I am late, I make sure that I put something down," he added.
Doesn't his family object to his blogging addiction? "They are always saying, 'Please don't write your blog. Get off your blog'," he said.
"You have all kinds of funny things happening to your neck and shoulder because you're all the time bending down on your laptop. But that's okay," added the Big B, as he is fondly called.
Strenuous working hours and regular blogging hardly leaves any time to catch up on sleep but the actor is content with what he gets.
"I get about four to five hours' sleep and that's okay," said the veteran, who was seen this year only in a cameo in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Delhi-6'.
Amitabh was here to promote his upcoming film 'Aladin'. Releasing Oct 30, it is a contemporary take on the classic fairy tale and he stars in it as the Genie.
Produced by Sunil Lulla and Sujoy Ghosh, the film has been directed by Ghosh. It also stars Riteish Deshmukh in the lead opposite debutante Jacqueline Fernandez. Sanjay Dutt appears in a negative role in the film.
Apart from casting magic in the film as the Genie, the sexagenarian has also performed action sequences in 'Aladin'. He says the only way to attempt stunts at his age is by keeping "fit".
"You have to keep fit. Some of the action scenes are really tough and they are physically very draining. But now they have wonderful gadgetry which can make you jump sky high and do all kinds of things. We use that, but even doing that is strenuous. If you are not prepared to do all that, then it doesn't work," he said.
Despite wife Jaya, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya all being actors, the Hindi film industry still has not seen the entire family together in a film.
When asked about it, he said: "I don't know. Somebody will have to design a project like that. If they do, we'll be very happy to do it."
Apart from 'Aladin', Amitabh's other projects include 'Paa', 'Teen Patti', 'Rann' and 'Johnny Mastana'.
Source: IANS
Whom did Represent KRK KAMRAN in the Reality Show BIG BOSS, season THREE Hosted by no onse less but by the Supreme God of Indian Film and show Biz Industry, BIG B? For who he wore the Tag- DESHDROHI? What has been the logic of his EXCURSION, Violence, romance and Ouster in and from BIG B House?
State Assembly or Indian Parliament these days may seem to REPLICATE the BIG BOSS Drama! The KRK factor in MAHARASHTRA Assembly seems to EMERGE with the latest legacy of BAL Thakre namely RAJ Thakre with Big Bang Entry in the ASSEMBLY!
Thackeray-led MNS on Thursday made its debut in the Maharashtra Assembly bagging two of the 60 seats decided till noon.
Meanwhile, I kept talking to my friends in Maharashtra and got some FEED back. Earlier this week I Visited Bidarbh and Mumbai and Addressed Public Meeting as well as Indoor Meetings with social Activists, Economists and Community Representatives. I had the opprtunity to visist some Houses and also witnessed the Hindu Sant samagam and MNS OBC Convension to take Place.
Only today, I talked to Major Siddharth Barves, President of Maharashtra Bamcef. I had been talking to my friends including Major barves and Feroze Mithiborwala, bamcef President Waman Meshram and some Scribes! We anticipated the REINCARNATION of Bal THAKRE in RAJ MNS Mode long before but hoped some Ambedkarite or marxist activities to stop the RESURRECTION take Pandemic shape. but Marxists as well as their Third Front FAILED Miserably and CPIM succeeded to hold on a single seat only while TMC led By Ms Mamata Banerjee got FIVE seats in ARUNACHAL. Mamata Matua Banerjee may hope to break through in some more states with her latest IDENTITY and faith to EMERGE a NATIONAL Leader while the DEPARTURE from the Legacy of Mulnivasi National Movement, dalit Muslim unity and Ambedkar Ideology in bengal is Complete. Similar EVENT takes place in Maharashtra also. brhaminical HINDUTVA and RSS merging with Gandhian Congress Brand hindutva with latest Brand Equity of Rahul Gandhi highlighted only the Vacume created i SHAFFRON politics but failed to ADDRESS the AMBEDKARITE failure natiowide while our Marxist friends had Projected Mayawati the next Prime Minister face only in the last Loksabha Elections. BSP and REPUBLICAN failure is greater than RSS failure which is not failure at all and it is FINE Tune with GLOBAL Corporate Zionist Hindutva the latest ELEMENT of Tri Iblis Satanic Galaxy Order!
Raj Thakre ECLIPSED the THAKRE Raj in MUMBAI and MUBAIKARS may be confused to chose their GOD immediately. Seats are IRRELEVANT, but Ideological and Organisation Dimensions Creates Greater THREAT to so called mainstream POLITICS! State power is not the only SYMPTOM of Fascism, RSS, BJP and SHIVSENA remaing in Deserts for Deacdes, proves the Point.
MNS,the party, which made a deep dent in the Shiv Sena vote bank, was leading in 14 other seats in the 288-member House.
MNS candidate Mangesh Sangale won from Vikhroli in suburban Mumbai, defeating NCP rival Pallavi Patil, wife of NCP MP Sanjay Patil, who was elected from Mumbai North-East.
Former cricketer Vinod Kambli was also contesting from Vikhroli from Lok Bharati party. Another MNS candidate Ramesh Wanjale from Khadakwasla constituency in Pune district defeated BJP's Murlidhar Mohol and Vikas Dangat of Congress.
MNS was formed three years ago by Raj Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's estranged nephew. Out of the results declared so far, 32 have gone to the ruling Cong-NCP alliance and 17 to main opposition BJP-Shiv Sena combine.
Swatee Kher writes in Financial Express:
Claiming that the strong showing by his three-year-old party in the Assembly polls showed that the Marathi cause was for real, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said on Thursday that his MLAs would "control" the government in the legislature while he would continue to take to the streets for the sons-of-the-soil.
Thackeray was speaking hours after his party won 13 seats and made a strong debut in the Assembly, surpassing even its own internal estimates that gave the party around eight seats of the 143 it contested. Eleven of those 13 victories came from the Mumbai, Kalyan and Nashik regions, industrial belts with high migrant population and where the MNS's identity politics have found strong favour with local Marathi youth. The party won one seat each in Pune and Aurangabad.
Thackeray said the people had reposed faith in him for taking up the Marathi cause and his MLAs would live up to it in the Assembly. "The Opposition failed for the last 10 years in the Assembly to play their role effectively. Now my 13 MLAs will show how the government has to be controlled by the Opposition in our own style. The results show that the Marathi cause is for real and there is support for us for taking up the issue," he said. "My MLAs will raise these issues in the Assembly and I will be there on the streets."
Asked about the personal campaign the Sena and the BJP ran against him, accusing him of covertly supporting the ruling Congress and NCP, Thackeray said it was time the Sena introspected as voters had shown who they favoured more. The good showing by the MNS would ensure it is recognised by the Election Commission as a regional party and also allotted the railway engine as its permanent symbol, MNS leaders said.
The MNS victories once again came as a surprise in many constituencies and upset popular predictions that had favoured strong Sena or BJP candidates. For instance, MNS general secretary Nitin Sardesai was the dark horse in the prestigious Mahim seat in Mumbai city where Marathi TV star Aadesh Bandekar was pitted against Sena-rebel Sada Sarvankar who joined the Congress after being denied the ticket. But Sardesai polled 48,734 votes and cruised to victory. Social worker and activist Ram Kadam trounced late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam with a margin of 26,000 votes in Ghatkopar (West), a seat...
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/my-mlas-will-control-govt-in-house-raj/532194/
Maharashtra's ruling Congress-NCP alliance is set to form its third successive government in the state as it has emerged as the largest political formation in the assembly elections held on October 13.
The Congress-NCP combine is forging ahead and has managed simple majority on its own. They have until now won 144 seats and are leading in one. The Shiv Sena-BJP on the other hand has taken a severe beating and the combined numbers of the seats won just 91 seats, 25 seats short of its tally from 2004.
Affected vastly by the presence of Raj Thackeray-led MNS, the Shiv Sena-BJP combine has managed to bag only 91 seats and leading in one, far behind its 2004 tally of 116 seats. Shiv Sena has won 45 seats, while BJP has bagged 46 seats and was leading in 1 seat.
Raj Thackeray's MNS has emerged as the surprise package with victories in 13 seats, way beyond the 8-10 seats even party insiders had forecast. The assembly has 288 seats and the halfway mark for a simple majority is 145.
In fact, the MNS opened its account with the victory of two of its nominees: from Vikhroli, Mangesh Sangle defeated NCP's Pallavi Sanjay Patil, wife of Lok Sabha MP Sanjay Patil and Shiv Sena's Datta Dalvi; also, MNS nominee Ramesh Wanjale got elected from Khadakvasla.
The other winners are Chief Minister Ashok Chavan (Bhokar), Narayan Rane (Kudal), NCP minister Ajit Pawar (Baramati), Sushilkumar Shinde's daughter Praniti (Solapur city central), NCP nominee from Kalwan, A T Pawar, Shivendraje Bhosale from Satara and while President Pratibha Patil's son Rajendra Shekhawat defeated Congress rebel Sunil Deshmukh in Amravati.
In Malegaoan Central, Jana Surajya Shakti candidate and cleric of Jama Masjid Mufti Mohammed Ismail got elected. He defeated sitting Congress MLA Shaikh Rashid and JD(S) strongman and former MLA Nihal Ahmed. In Kalwan, NCP leader A T Pawar got elected for the eighth time in a row. He trounced CPM strongman Jiva Pandu Gavit. Gavit's constituency Surgana had been merged with Kalwan after delimitation, requiring him to shift his base.
With the Maharashtra poll verdict indicating a lead for Congress-NCP combine, BJP-Shiv Sena on Thursday conceded defeat and blamed the Raj Thackeray-led MNS for cutting their votes resulting in their poor-showing.
"We accept defeat...We lost in Mumbai, we lost miserably in western Maharashtra and we could not achieve our aim," BJP Vice President BJP Gopinath Munde said.
"MNS appears set to win about 13 seats after garnering around 5-6 per cent votes. After all, these were our votes," he said.
Expressing disappointment over the poll verdict, Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi said, "we never expected these results...if it is a defeat, it has to be accepted by everybody."
Refuting suggestions of fighting between him and BJP Maharashtra chief Nitin Gadkari, Munde said, "we campaigned unitedly. There is no question of fighting between us. The MNS is the only one reason."
There have been reports of differences between Munde and Gadkari on various issues concerning the functioning of the state party unit. Munde rubbished suggestions that infighting in the BJP's state unit or at the centre had cost it dearly in Maharashtra.
"This talk about differences are wrong. It is only in public perception," Munde's whose relations with state BJP chief Nitin Gadkari has been under severe strain, said.
10/23/2009
Now I'm just a credit title: Amitabh Bachchan
He sleeps for "four to five hours" a day, burns the midnight oil to blog and has a packed shooting schedule. But 67-year-old megastar Amitabh Bachchan insists he is neither the busiest person in the Hindi film industry nor an important part of any of his projects.
"I don't think that is entirely correct. I just do whatever is offered to me. I do films, I am now doing television ('Big Boss 3')," said Amitabh shrugging off the busy bee title.
"If you plan your day and time, you can find time to do all these things. If the body responds, it's fine. But sooner or later it's going to pack up, so might as well work while it's working," said Amitabh who squeezed in enough time to reply to 1207 SMSes that he received on his birthday last week.
Over four decades of excellent cinematic presence has made him a brand. Doesn't that overshadow others in a film?
"I don't think that is entirely correct. May be in the early years, they (audiences) came to watch my films because I was in it. But now I am just one of the credit titles. I am not that important," Bachchan told us in an interview.
"I am a part of the crew and the cast. Even in my early years, I used to think that. I think the product itself is more important. It's the film that is going to make you or your name or give you visibility. If that goes wrong then everything goes wrong. So one must work as a team so that the product works," he explained.
The actor stays awake till the wee hours to write his blog.
"That is like a compulsion. I feel very vacant and I feel as though I haven't done justice to my day if I don't write the blog because there are now a few hundred people who are regular. They wait to know about me and they want to talk to me," Amitabh said.
"I feel somewhat guilty if I don't write the blog every day. So even if I am late, I make sure that I put something down," he added.
Doesn't his family object to his blogging addiction? "They are always saying, 'Please don't write your blog. Get off your blog'," he said.
"You have all kinds of funny things happening to your neck and shoulder because you're all the time bending down on your laptop. But that's okay," added the Big B, as he is fondly called.
Strenuous working hours and regular blogging hardly leaves any time to catch up on sleep but the actor is content with what he gets.
"I get about four to five hours' sleep and that's okay," said the veteran, who was seen this year only in a cameo in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Delhi-6'.
Amitabh was here to promote his upcoming film 'Aladin'. Releasing Oct 30, it is a contemporary take on the classic fairy tale and he stars in it as the Genie.
Produced by Sunil Lulla and Sujoy Ghosh, the film has been directed by Ghosh. It also stars Riteish Deshmukh in the lead opposite debutante Jacqueline Fernandez. Sanjay Dutt appears in a negative role in the film.
Apart from casting magic in the film as the Genie, the sexagenarian has also performed action sequences in 'Aladin'. He says the only way to attempt stunts at his age is by keeping "fit".
"You have to keep fit. Some of the action scenes are really tough and they are physically very draining. But now they have wonderful gadgetry which can make you jump sky high and do all kinds of things. We use that, but even doing that is strenuous. If you are not prepared to do all that, then it doesn't work," he said.
Despite wife Jaya, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya all being actors, the Hindi film industry still has not seen the entire family together in a film.
When asked about it, he said: "I don't know. Somebody will have to design a project like that. If they do, we'll be very happy to do it."
Apart from 'Aladin', Amitabh's other projects include 'Paa', 'Teen Patti', 'Rann' and 'Johnny Mastana'.
Source: IANS
Whom did Represent KRK KAMRAN in the Reality Show BIG BOSS, season THREE Hosted by no onse less but by the Supreme God of Indian Film and show Biz Industry, BIG B? For who he wore the Tag- DESHDROHI? What has been the logic of his EXCURSION, Violence, romance and Ouster in and from BIG B House?
State Assembly or Indian Parliament these days may seem to REPLICATE the BIG BOSS Drama! The KRK factor in MAHARASHTRA Assembly seems to EMERGE with the latest legacy of BAL Thakre namely RAJ Thakre with Big Bang Entry in the ASSEMBLY!
Thackeray-led MNS on Thursday made its debut in the Maharashtra Assembly bagging two of the 60 seats decided till noon.
Meanwhile, I kept talking to my friends in Maharashtra and got some FEED back. Earlier this week I Visited Bidarbh and Mumbai and Addressed Public Meeting as well as Indoor Meetings with social Activists, Economists and Community Representatives. I had the opprtunity to visist some Houses and also witnessed the Hindu Sant samagam and MNS OBC Convension to take Place.
Only today, I talked to Major Siddharth Barves, President of Maharashtra Bamcef. I had been talking to my friends including Major barves and Feroze Mithiborwala, bamcef President Waman Meshram and some Scribes! We anticipated the REINCARNATION of Bal THAKRE in RAJ MNS Mode long before but hoped some Ambedkarite or marxist activities to stop the RESURRECTION take Pandemic shape. but Marxists as well as their Third Front FAILED Miserably and CPIM succeeded to hold on a single seat only while TMC led By Ms Mamata Banerjee got FIVE seats in ARUNACHAL. Mamata Matua Banerjee may hope to break through in some more states with her latest IDENTITY and faith to EMERGE a NATIONAL Leader while the DEPARTURE from the Legacy of Mulnivasi National Movement, dalit Muslim unity and Ambedkar Ideology in bengal is Complete. Similar EVENT takes place in Maharashtra also. brhaminical HINDUTVA and RSS merging with Gandhian Congress Brand hindutva with latest Brand Equity of Rahul Gandhi highlighted only the Vacume created i SHAFFRON politics but failed to ADDRESS the AMBEDKARITE failure natiowide while our Marxist friends had Projected Mayawati the next Prime Minister face only in the last Loksabha Elections. BSP and REPUBLICAN failure is greater than RSS failure which is not failure at all and it is FINE Tune with GLOBAL Corporate Zionist Hindutva the latest ELEMENT of Tri Iblis Satanic Galaxy Order!
Raj Thakre ECLIPSED the THAKRE Raj in MUMBAI and MUBAIKARS may be confused to chose their GOD immediately. Seats are IRRELEVANT, but Ideological and Organisation Dimensions Creates Greater THREAT to so called mainstream POLITICS! State power is not the only SYMPTOM of Fascism, RSS, BJP and SHIVSENA remaing in Deserts for Deacdes, proves the Point.
MNS,the party, which made a deep dent in the Shiv Sena vote bank, was leading in 14 other seats in the 288-member House.
MNS candidate Mangesh Sangale won from Vikhroli in suburban Mumbai, defeating NCP rival Pallavi Patil, wife of NCP MP Sanjay Patil, who was elected from Mumbai North-East.
Former cricketer Vinod Kambli was also contesting from Vikhroli from Lok Bharati party. Another MNS candidate Ramesh Wanjale from Khadakwasla constituency in Pune district defeated BJP's Murlidhar Mohol and Vikas Dangat of Congress.
MNS was formed three years ago by Raj Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's estranged nephew. Out of the results declared so far, 32 have gone to the ruling Cong-NCP alliance and 17 to main opposition BJP-Shiv Sena combine.
Swatee Kher writes in Financial Express:
Claiming that the strong showing by his three-year-old party in the Assembly polls showed that the Marathi cause was for real, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said on Thursday that his MLAs would "control" the government in the legislature while he would continue to take to the streets for the sons-of-the-soil.
Thackeray was speaking hours after his party won 13 seats and made a strong debut in the Assembly, surpassing even its own internal estimates that gave the party around eight seats of the 143 it contested. Eleven of those 13 victories came from the Mumbai, Kalyan and Nashik regions, industrial belts with high migrant population and where the MNS's identity politics have found strong favour with local Marathi youth. The party won one seat each in Pune and Aurangabad.
Thackeray said the people had reposed faith in him for taking up the Marathi cause and his MLAs would live up to it in the Assembly. "The Opposition failed for the last 10 years in the Assembly to play their role effectively. Now my 13 MLAs will show how the government has to be controlled by the Opposition in our own style. The results show that the Marathi cause is for real and there is support for us for taking up the issue," he said. "My MLAs will raise these issues in the Assembly and I will be there on the streets."
Asked about the personal campaign the Sena and the BJP ran against him, accusing him of covertly supporting the ruling Congress and NCP, Thackeray said it was time the Sena introspected as voters had shown who they favoured more. The good showing by the MNS would ensure it is recognised by the Election Commission as a regional party and also allotted the railway engine as its permanent symbol, MNS leaders said.
The MNS victories once again came as a surprise in many constituencies and upset popular predictions that had favoured strong Sena or BJP candidates. For instance, MNS general secretary Nitin Sardesai was the dark horse in the prestigious Mahim seat in Mumbai city where Marathi TV star Aadesh Bandekar was pitted against Sena-rebel Sada Sarvankar who joined the Congress after being denied the ticket. But Sardesai polled 48,734 votes and cruised to victory. Social worker and activist Ram Kadam trounced late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam with a margin of 26,000 votes in Ghatkopar (West), a seat...
http://www.financialexpress.com/news/my-mlas-will-control-govt-in-house-raj/532194/
Maharashtra's ruling Congress-NCP alliance is set to form its third successive government in the state as it has emerged as the largest political formation in the assembly elections held on October 13.
The Congress-NCP combine is forging ahead and has managed simple majority on its own. They have until now won 144 seats and are leading in one. The Shiv Sena-BJP on the other hand has taken a severe beating and the combined numbers of the seats won just 91 seats, 25 seats short of its tally from 2004.
Affected vastly by the presence of Raj Thackeray-led MNS, the Shiv Sena-BJP combine has managed to bag only 91 seats and leading in one, far behind its 2004 tally of 116 seats. Shiv Sena has won 45 seats, while BJP has bagged 46 seats and was leading in 1 seat.
Raj Thackeray's MNS has emerged as the surprise package with victories in 13 seats, way beyond the 8-10 seats even party insiders had forecast. The assembly has 288 seats and the halfway mark for a simple majority is 145.
In fact, the MNS opened its account with the victory of two of its nominees: from Vikhroli, Mangesh Sangle defeated NCP's Pallavi Sanjay Patil, wife of Lok Sabha MP Sanjay Patil and Shiv Sena's Datta Dalvi; also, MNS nominee Ramesh Wanjale got elected from Khadakvasla.
The other winners are Chief Minister Ashok Chavan (Bhokar), Narayan Rane (Kudal), NCP minister Ajit Pawar (Baramati), Sushilkumar Shinde's daughter Praniti (Solapur city central), NCP nominee from Kalwan, A T Pawar, Shivendraje Bhosale from Satara and while President Pratibha Patil's son Rajendra Shekhawat defeated Congress rebel Sunil Deshmukh in Amravati.
In Malegaoan Central, Jana Surajya Shakti candidate and cleric of Jama Masjid Mufti Mohammed Ismail got elected. He defeated sitting Congress MLA Shaikh Rashid and JD(S) strongman and former MLA Nihal Ahmed. In Kalwan, NCP leader A T Pawar got elected for the eighth time in a row. He trounced CPM strongman Jiva Pandu Gavit. Gavit's constituency Surgana had been merged with Kalwan after delimitation, requiring him to shift his base.
With the Maharashtra poll verdict indicating a lead for Congress-NCP combine, BJP-Shiv Sena on Thursday conceded defeat and blamed the Raj Thackeray-led MNS for cutting their votes resulting in their poor-showing.
"We accept defeat...We lost in Mumbai, we lost miserably in western Maharashtra and we could not achieve our aim," BJP Vice President BJP Gopinath Munde said.
"MNS appears set to win about 13 seats after garnering around 5-6 per cent votes. After all, these were our votes," he said.
Expressing disappointment over the poll verdict, Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi said, "we never expected these results...if it is a defeat, it has to be accepted by everybody."
Refuting suggestions of fighting between him and BJP Maharashtra chief Nitin Gadkari, Munde said, "we campaigned unitedly. There is no question of fighting between us. The MNS is the only one reason."
There have been reports of differences between Munde and Gadkari on various issues concerning the functioning of the state party unit. Munde rubbished suggestions that infighting in the BJP's state unit or at the centre had cost it dearly in Maharashtra.
"This talk about differences are wrong. It is only in public perception," Munde's whose relations with state BJP chief Nitin Gadkari has been under severe strain, said.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (Marathi: ?????????? ????????? ????, English translation: Maharashtra Renaissance Army) is a far-right regional political party operating in Maharashtra, India. It was founded on the March 9, 2006 in Mumbai after splitting of the parent party Shiv Sena. Its president and founder is Raj Thackeray.
Contents
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•1 Foundation
•2 Controversies
◦2.1 2008 violence against North Indians in Maharashtra
◦2.2 Clash with Shiv Sena
•3 Growth in potency
•4 Elected representatives
•5 Political criticism
•6 Political support
•7 Other activities
•8 See also
•9 References
•10 External links
[edit] Foundation
The party was founded by Raj Thackeray, nephew of Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray. Raj Thackeray resigned from his uncle's party in January 2006 and announced his intention to start a new political party. The reason given by him for breaking away from the Shiv Sena was that the latter was "run by petty clerks" because of which it had "fallen from its former glory". Also Mr. Thackeray had a clear motive of building a political awareness for the development related issues of the state and giving them a center stage in national politics. The agenda is getting an immense support and sympathies of the state youth.
At the time of the party's foundation, Raj Thackeray stated that he does not want to have hostilities with his uncle who "was, is and always will be (his) mentor".
Although the MNS is a break-away group from the Shiv Sena, the party is still based on Hindutva and Bhumiputra ideologies. When unveiling the party in an assembly at Shivaji Park he said, that everyone is anxious to see what will happen to Hindutva.[2] When unveiling, he also said, "I shall elaborate on the party's stance on issues like Hindutva, its agenda for development of Maharashtra and the significance of the party flag colours at the March 19 public meeting."[3]
Raj Thackeray considers himself an Indian nationalist (not just a regionalist) and claims that the Congress is two-faced.[4]
In February 2008, some MNS activists clashed with Samajwadi Party (SP) party workers in Mumbai when Samajwadi Party supporters attended a rally at Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai, a stronghold of MNS, where Samajwadi Party leader, Abu Asim Azmi made a fiery speech. After the clashes, 73 MNS activists and 19 SP workers were arrested by Mumbai Police for indulging in violence.[5]
On February 6, 2008, reportedly, about 200 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena party workers quit the party and joined Shiv Sena to protest against MNS's so-called anti-North Indian agenda.[6]
A petition was filed in the Patna civil court on February 8 against Thackeray for his alleged remarks over Chhath, Bihar's most popular festival.[7] Mr. Thackeray maintains he is not against Chhath Puja[8], but against the "show of arrogance" displayed by some people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on this occasion.
On February 10, 2008, MNS workers attacked vendors and shopkeepers from North India in various parts of Maharashtra, and destroyed government property to vent their anger against the reported move to arrest Raj Thackeray.[9] Nashik police detained 26 MNS workers for the violence.
In February 2008, Raj Thackarey's speech on the issue of uncontrolled migration into Mumbai from other parts of India created a well publicized controversy. Maharashtra's economy leads other states in India and its capital Mumbai has become a magnet to migrant population from states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. MNS supporters clashed with activists of the Samajwadi Party, a regional party from Uttar Pradesh leading to street violence. Thackeray also criticized noted film actor turned politician Amitabh Bachchan, a native of Uttar Pradesh, for taking sides in the migrant issue. Bachchan came into fame and fortune in Mumbai's film industry – Bollywood. [10][11]
On September 8, 2008, Infosys Technologies announced that 3,000 employee positions had been shifted from Pune due to construction delays caused earlier that year by MNS attacks on North Indian construction workers in Maharashtra.[12]
On 15 October 2008, Thackeray threatened to shut down Jet Airways operations in Maharashtra if they did not rehire probationary employees that had been shed in a cost cutting move forced by the economic downturn.[13]
In October 2008, MNS activists beat up North Indian candidates appearing for the all-India Railway Recruitment Board entrance exam for the Western region in Mumbai.[14] One Bihari died in the ensuing rioting.[15] In retaliation for the MNS' attack on Biharis and North Indians in general, the Bharatiya Bhojpuri Sangh attacked the residence of a Marathi official of Tata Motors in Jamshedpur.[16] Following the uproar in the Indian parliament, and calls that there was no pressure to arrest the MNS chief,[17] Raj Thackeray was arrested in the early hours of October 21. He was produced before a court on the day itself and would return the next day after spending the night in jail.[18] Following the arrest, however, MNS party activists took out their anger on parts of Mumbai city and the region at large.[19] The arrest resulted in applause, fear and calls for a ban on the MNS.[20][21][22] The Shiv Sena, however, maintained a cool response, although senior party leader Manohar Joshi said they were close to supporting the MNS in their agitation against the non-Marathi candidates for the railway board exam.[23]
[edit] Clash with Shiv Sena
On October 10, 2006 clashes erupted between supporters of Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena headed by Raj Thackery. It was alleged that workers of MNS had tore the posters bearing the photographs of Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackrey near the SIES college in Mumbai. Later as retaliation it was alleged that Shiv Sena workers brought down the hoardings with Raj Thackrey's photo near the Sena Bhavan at Dadar. As the news spread about the incident groups gathered near the Sena Bhavan and started pelting stones at each other. In this incident a policeman was injured and many supporters of both parties were injured. To restore normalcy in the situation the police fired tear gas shells at the mob. Normalcy was eventually restored following police action and the appearance of Uddhav Thackeray and his cousin Raj Thackeray on the spot. Uddhav appealed to Sena workers to go back home.[24] He said:
"The police will take necessary action. This is happening because many people are joining us from MNS. The defections have started and that is why they are resorting to such actions".[24]
The division chief of the Shiv Sena Milind Vaidya said that they had lodged a complaint with the local police against an MNS worker who was involved in the incident. MNS general secretary Pravin Darekar, however, pinned the cause down to local elections in the SIES college. He alleges that the Sena is concerned about losing their hold over the colleges and that is why they are trying to color the issue, adding that the Sena's allegations had no merit. Raj Thackeray asserts that MNS could not have vandalized the pictures, seeing as how he and his members revere Bal Thackeray.[25]
When a panel is examining a breach of privilege notice from some MP's for remarks made by the Bal Thackeray against Uttar Bharatiyas, MNS chief Raj Thackeray had said he would not allow any politician from UP and Bihar to enter Mumbai if the parliamentary panel insisted on summoning Bal Thackeray. Bal countered this by terming his nephew Raj a "backstabber" and reacted to the MNS chief with a "big no thank you."[26]
Shiv Sena (SS) and MNS workers also clashed at Anand Nagar in Oshiwara over the issuance of Navratri posters during the holiday season. SS corporator Rajul Patel said "The MNS activists had put up huge hoardings and were demanding money from people to remove them. People complained to us and we objected. This led to a scuffle." MNS Vibhag Pramukh (Division Leader) Manish Dhuri retorted that "the Sainiks are jealous of our popularity. On Sunday afternoon, a mob of Shiv Sainiks came to the area and started pulling down posters that were put up by us. We objected to this. Unfortunately, one MNS activist sustained severe injuries."[27]
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