The Shiv Sena had made the demand to rename Aurangabad to ‘Sambhajinagar’ more than two decades ago. The Maha Vikas Aghadi top brass. | File photo | Photo Credit: PTI
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Senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut exuded confidence that the matter would be resolved when all the MVA allies sit together for a discussion
Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat had on Thursday stressed that the Congress will oppose the proposal
A proposal for this had been passed in the general body meeting of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation in June 1995
Mumbai: The ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ in Maharashtra seems to be tested every now and then but the leading party in the government, the Shiv Sena, appears to be unperturbed by any hiccup that the administration faces with fellow allies Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party.
Two days after Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat said his party would strongly oppose any proposal that seeks to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, the Shiv Sena on Saturday said its resistance will not affect the three-party MVA government in the state.
The renaming of Aurangabad was not a political issue, Sanjay Raut said.
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Two days after Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat said his party would strongly oppose any proposal that seeks to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, the Shiv Sena on Saturday said its resistance will not affect the three-party MVA government in the state.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved when all the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies- Sena, NCP and Congress- sit together and talk.
On Thursday, Mr Thorat had asserted that the Congress would oppose any proposal to rename Aurangabad, saying that changing the names of places was not part of the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the three ruling parties.
MNS Stages Agitation Demanding Renaming of Aurangabad in Maharashtra
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Amid the ongoing controversy over renaming of Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, activists of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Saturday staged an agitation in Nashik city by changing the destination board of a state transport bus. The party s city president Ankush Pawar and other activists entered Thakkar Bazaar bus stand and changed the destination board of an Aurangabad-bound bus to Sambhajinagar. Protestors demanded that the three-party MVA government should change the city s name to Sambhajinagar by January 26. The MNS also criticised the Shiv Sena for softening its stand on the issue due to its alliance with the Congress.
Aurangabad will be renamed soon, govt papers will reflect it: Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana
Aurangabad will be renamed soon, govt papers will reflect it: Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana
In an editorial, Saamana said the city of Aurangabad will soon be renamed and this will be reflected on govt papers.
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Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. (Photo: Facebook/ShivSena)
Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana in an editorial on Saturday said the city of Aurangabad will soon be renamed to Sambhajinagar, and this changed name will be reflected on government papers.
This comes a day after Maharashtra Congress president and state revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat said the Congress, which is an ally of the Shiv Sena, will oppose any move to rename Aurangabad.