Thackeray cousins prepare for march; plans to burn GR
MUMBAI, June 29 -- A day after announcing a joint protest rally against the Mahayuti government's "imposition of Hindi" in primary schools, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have launched a mobilisation drive to get maximum support from citizens. While both Thackeray cousins have assigned partymen to work out the details of the July 5 rally, Uddhav will also participate in a protest organised by the Marathi Abhyas Kendra on Sunday at Azad Maidan to burn copies of the Government Resolution (GR) pertaining to the issue.
Uddhav has assigned the task of coordination with the MNS to senior leaders Sanjay Raut, Anil Parab and Varun Sardesai. Mumbai MNS chief Sandeep Deshpande, to conduct the awareness drive, has been travelling in local trains, distributing pamphlets and conveying messages about the morcha. "I am also meeting a lot of Ganeshostav mandals and Govind mandals and asking them for support," he said.
The MNS leaders met police officers to get permission for the morcha. "Nitin Sardesai, Shirish Sawant and deputy chief of Mumbai city Yashwant Killedar met the additional commissioner (South) Abhinav Deshmukh," said MNS leader Bala Nandgaonkar. "We were told that allowing a morcha in South Mumbai would amount to contempt of court orders. But if we don't take out a morcha for the sake of Marathi, who will?"
Uddhav Thackeray himself is handling the mobilisation programme of the Sena (UBT).
A party official said, "Pawar met Thackeray recently and Thackeray assured him that he would participate in the protest. Along with this, party workers will burn the GR at several places, including Dadar and Bandra. Thackeray has directed all district level leaders to burn the GR in their respective districts."
Deepak Pawar on Saturday said that along with Thackeray, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal and MNS leader Nitin Sardesai, CPI leader Prakash Reddy and others would also participate in the Marathi Abhyas Kendra protest....
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