Nothing new in calling Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar: Uddhav Thackeray
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Last Updated: Jan 08, 2021, 10:16 PM IST
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When asked about the criticism by Shiv Sena s ruling allies Congress and NCP for referring to Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar on the chief minister s official Twitter handle, Thackeray asked, What is new in that? We have been referring to Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar for several years.
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In 1995, Shiv Sena had first demanded that Aurangabad be renamed as Sambhajinagar.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said there was nothing new in referring to Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar. His statement comes amid Congress s stiff opposition to renaming Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, after the elder son of warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Shiv Sena lauds Rahul Gandhi, says rulers in Delhi fear him
It is a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is becoming the Congress president again, the Sena mouthpiece said.
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MUMBAI: Calling Rahul Gandhi a warrior for standing up against the Modi government, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said rulers in Delhi are afraid of the Congress leader.
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana also said it was a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is becoming the Congress president. The rulers in Delhi fear Rahul Gandhi. Had it not been so, campaigns to discredit the Gandhi family would not have been carried out, the editorial said.
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As Shiv Sena mulls on renaming Aurangabad city to Sambhajinagar ahead of Municipal Corporation elections amid opposition from its ally Congress, the BJP has asked whether the move is another poll-induced drama to distract the people from real issues.
Questioning the MVA government’s intentions behind renaming the city, BJP MLA Ram Kadam said, “For five years, Shiv Sena was in power in Aurangabad as a part of the Maharashtra government but the thought of renaming the city to Sambhajinagar never crossed their mind.”
Shiv Sena lauds Rahul Gandhi, says rulers in Delhi fear him
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana also said it was a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is becoming the Congress president. PTI
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
Calling Rahul Gandhi a warrior for standing up against the Modi government, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said rulers in Delhi are afraid of the Congress leader.
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana also said it was a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is becoming the Congress president. The rulers in Delhi fear Rahul Gandhi. Had it not been so, campaigns to discredit the Gandhi family would not have been carried out, the editorial said.
It is a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is becoming the Congress president again, the Sena mouthpiece said. One must accept that BJP has no alternative to Narendra Modi and Congress has no alternative to Rahul Gandhi, the Sena said. Despite propagating that Rahul Gandhi is a weak leader, he is still standing and attacking the government at every opportunity he gets, it said. The Opposition will, at some point, rise from the ashes like the Phoenix, it added.
Shiv Sena s praise for Rahul Gandhi comes a fortnight after Sena MP Sanjay Raut called for expanding the scope of the Congress-led UPA bloc, saying the Opposition should unite against the dictatorial attitude of the Centre and provide a formidable alternative to the Modi government.