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India.com
2 days ago
- Politics
- India.com
Mumbai Will Remain In Maharashtra, No One Can Separate It: CM Fadnavis
Mumbai, July 18, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday declared that no one can separate Mumbai from Maharashtra as it will remain in the state. In his reply to the motion moved by opposition parties in the state Assembly, CM Fadnavis took a dig at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, saying that after four months during the upcoming local and civic body elections, the issue of "ploy to break Mumbai from Maharashtra" will be flagged off. "Mumbai belongs to Maharashtra. If someone's father comes, father's father comes, or his grandfather comes, Mumbai will remain in Maharashtra. In Maharashtra, the voice of Marathi Manoos will remain strong," he announced. CM Fadnavis further said, "After one and a half years, the transformation of Mumbai can be seen. It will be modern and accommodating. We have to make a progressive Maharashtra." The Chief Minister's statement assumes significance as recently Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena founder Raj Thackeray had cautioned the 'Marathi Manoos' to remain alert and "foil attempts to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra". Amid row over "imposition" of Hindi, CM Fadnavis said that the government will decide after the Narendra Jadhav-led committee submits its report. Referring to his meeting with Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday when the latter presented him a collection of articles questioning what is the need to make Hindi mandatory in the state, he said, "I read the booklet yesterday. Just because someone met someone, it does not mean that they met for an alliance. The booklet should be attached with a few more pages. It should be added that a committee's report suggesting to make Hindi mandatory for classes 1 to 12 had come before Thackeray's cabinet, and the latter had accepted the same." While deploring the clash between the supporters of legislators Gopichand Padalkar and Jitendra Awhad on Thursday in Vidhan Bhavan lobby, CM Fadnavis appealed to elected representatives to follow the code of conduct and avoid any act that will tarnish the image of Maharashtra. CM Fadnavis reiterated that the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024, passed by both Houses of the state legislature, was not against the Left parties but against left-wing extremism (LWE). "The Public Safety Act is to prevent people from trying to create chaos in India by propagating the Maoist ideology. Action will not be taken under this act in cases of protest or writing against the government," he said. He drew a parallel between Islamic Extremism and the LWE, saying that the government was not against Left parties and Left ideology. CM Fadnavis countered the Opposition's allegation about rising crime incidents, saying the state has witnessed 6.5 per cent fewer cases compared to last year. The crime in Maharashtra's second capital, Nagpur, has decreased by 11 per cent. However, the chief minister expressed concern over the increasing cases of drugs, saying that action will be taken under the provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act to seriously control the drug menace. He warned that the concerned police officers will be dealt with firmly if the drug trade continues in their jurisdiction. He added that 13 policemen have been dismissed so far. "I have also given information about narcotics. By the end of May 2024, 1568 accused were arrested. By the end of May, 2,194 accused have been arrested. Now, we have created a separate Narcotics Cell in every police station. About 5,975 officials and 1974 personnel are working in the Special Narcotics Cell. Narcotics have become a big challenge for us. We have directed that action will be taken at the level of every police station to take action against it," informed the chief minister.
News18
3 days ago
- News18
MNS Workers Thrash Marwadi Shopkeeper Over WhatsApp Post Against Marathis
Last Updated: A video of the incident shows the MNS workers warning others against disrespecting the Marathi language and culture. A Vikroli-based Marwadi shopkeeper was assaulted by local Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers after he allegedly posted a WhatsApp status 'insulting the Marathi Manoos (Marathi-speaking people)'. The incident took place outside his shop, where the MNS members confronted him, physically assaulted him, and forced him to issue a public apology to the entire Marathi community. In the video that has surfaced online, MNS workers can be seen warning others against disrespecting the Marathi language and culture. They also urged locals to boycott shops owned by individuals who allegedly insult the Marathi-speaking population. In the clip, the man can be seen holding his ears and folding his hands as he issues an apology. This video comes only a few days after MNS members were captured on camera allegedly assaulting a food stall owner in Thane for not speaking in Marathi, reported NDTV. The workers were arrested and were granted bail within hours. A viral video of the incident that emerged on social media platforms showed some of them wearing scarves with the MNS symbol. view comments First Published: July 17, 2025, 07:04 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Indian Express
7 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Calm down please: From Maharashtra to Bihar, a politics of apocalypse
Dear Express reader, In the last few days, the news from two states, otherwise positioned at opposite ends of the spectrum — Maharashtra ranks among India's most industrialised states, while Bihar remains one of the least developed — has sounded similarly dire. In Maharashtra, amid incidents of violence on the language issue, after a government circular on Hindi in schools appears to have created space for the estranged Sena cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray to re-unite to be 'saviours' of the supposedly re-endangered 'Marathi Manoos', the Devendra Fadnavis dispensation has passed a law that paints an alarmist picture of a state overrun by 'urban Naxals'. The Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill uses cloudy language and extra-large definitions as it purports to, as CM Fadnavis said in the Assembly, rescue the state's youth from those 'provoking people for armed revolt to demolish democracy, Parliament and institutions'. It is in line, arguably, with Fadnavis's earlier remarks on the election in Maharashtra: It was a contest, he said, not between parties but between the 'forces of nationalism' and 'forces of anarchy'. In Bihar, the Election Commission's exercise for updating and cleaning up electoral rolls, the Special Intensive Revision, which in a dramatic departure from the past, casts the onus on large swathes of undocumented voters to prove their citizenship, has sparked widespread fears of disenfranchisement. At the same time, a spate of incidents of murder in the state have revived 'law and order' concerns, at least among the politicians, including one prominent BJP ally. Whether or not Bihar sees a revival of the nasty and brutish motif of 'jungle raj' — this time with a role reversal, with the RJD using it to hit back at the ruling BJP-JD(U) — ahead of a crucial election, the ground is fertile for an apocalyptic clamour to rule the airwaves. This can only be bad news for a state that desperately needs a sober search for answers for the way forward. For all its several accomplishments, Bihar's turnaround story, scripted and steered by Nitish Kumar, has hit a long plateau, and Nitish himself is a waning presence. What is common to Maharashtra and Bihar is an apocalyptic politics that makes fear its currency, and in which complex challenges are presented with simple solutions. These feature zero-games and us-versus-them scenarios which demonise the opponent and create conditions that are ripe for 'saviours', draconian laws and the strong-armed state. The rhetoric of apocalypse is a conversation cul-de-sac, a dead-end for debate. In Maharashtra, therefore, the Thackerays raising the pitch on the language issue and the Fadnavis government arming itself with wider powers to blur crucial distinctions between terrorists, Naxalites and 'urban Naxals', threatens civil liberties, even as it narrows the possibilities of a policy and politics that aims at re-energising growth momentum in the state. In Bihar, the costs of apocalyptic politics are even more dispiriting. The return of 'law and order' as an issue combined with anxieties of disenfranchisement could make the upcoming election more about pessimism, and less about hope, in a state that lags a long distance behind Maharashtra on development parameters. But it's not just the politics of Maharashtra and Bihar. A politics that trades on spectres and scenarios of the end of the world as we know it, and fantasies of rebuilding on a blank slate, no matter what it takes, is in fashion. The Narendra Modi-led BJP at the Centre, as much as it taps into the aspirations of a changing electorate, has also excelled at telling stories of a fall and rise. Read between the lines, and in its telling, any attempt to change requires the destruction of the old order. The old order, the Congress-Left 'eco-system', must be felled and flattened, and New India will rise from the ashes of the old. It will be a country that is radically rearranged and reconstituted, with a grand temple in Ayodhya, without Article 370, with One Election, One Language, One Civil Code (and One Party and One Leader). The fantasy of total destruction and erasure of the old is intrinsic to the BJP's version of apocalyptic politics, and its vision of the new. The politics of Modi's main challenger, Rahul Gandhi, is also apocalyptic, but a coherent vision of the new utopia seems to be missing from it. That is one reason why his war cries of 'Constitution in danger' and 'Democracy under siege' and his exhortations for rooting out the existing system, which he paints as irredeemably authoritarian and corrupt, don't get much voter buy-in. Gandhi paints himself as a crusader, raises the pitch, but falls short in offering a persuasive or even clear vision of an alternative. Despite their differences, however, the politics of both Modi and Gandhi does the same disservice: Their painting of the apocalypse narrows the space for a conversation with the political opponent, leave alone for treating them with respect and reciprocity. If the opponent is the enemy — and in CM Fadnavis's language, a 'force of anarchy' — anything goes, arguably, in terms of how they can be treated. Apocalyptic politics is an abdication of democratic humility, of the responsibility to negotiate and explore the middle ground in a country of great diversities. It sets the stage for conduct that is unconstrained by the rules of the game, that does not abide by even its small and basic conventions and courtesies, and leads to a polarised polity. When deployed by the powerful, an apocalyptic politics also hides the fact that there are multiple pathways to reach goals, and many possibilities to tweak and change the system from within, not just the all-or-nothing options that are being propagated. Till next week, Vandita
India Today
12-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Reserve 20% houses in buildings for Marathis, demands Uddhav Sena leader
The Shiv Sena (UBT) lawmakers on Friday demanded that 20 per cent houses in buildings in Mumbai be reserved for native Marathi of Opposition in the legislative council Ambadas Danve and Milind Narvekar gave a letter with this demand to minister Shambhuraj Desai, who belongs to the rival Shiv Sena."We demand 20 per cent of houses in buildings in Mumbai for Marathi Manoos," Narvekar said in a post on On Thursday, Narvekar had asked in the legislative council whether a social organisation had demanded that 50 per cent housing units in the city be reserved for the Marathi people, and if the government had taken any decision on a written reply, deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who is also the Housing Minister, said his department had not received any such on behalf of Shinde, Mines Minister Shambhuraj Desai had said when the Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray was in power during 2019-2022, it did not bring in any such law."You did not do it, and this has come on record. Your love for Marathi Manoos is fake and hollow," Desai had said.- EndsMust Watch
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Business Standard
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Sena (UBT) demands 20% reservation for 'Marathi Manoos' in Mumbai buildings
Leader of Opposition in the legislative council Ambadas Danve and Milind Narvekar gave a letter with this demand to minister Shambhuraj Desai, who belongs to the rival Shiv Sena Press Trust of India Mumbai The Shiv Sena (UBT) lawmakers on Friday demanded that 20 per cent houses in buildings in Mumbai be reserved for native Marathi speakers. Leader of Opposition in the legislative council Ambadas Danve and Milind Narvekar gave a letter with this demand to minister Shambhuraj Desai, who belongs to the rival Shiv Sena. "We demand 20 per cent of houses in buildings in Mumbai for Marathi Manoos," Nareveak said in a post on X. On Thursday, Narvekar had asked in the legislative council whether a social organisation had demanded that 50 per cent housing units in the city be reserved for the Marathi people, and if the government had taken any decision on it. In a written reply, deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who is also the Housing Minister, said his department had not received any such letter. Replying on behalf of Shinde, Mines Minister Shambhuraj Desai had said when the Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray was in power during 2019-2022, it did not bring in any such law. "You did not do it, and this has come on record. Your love for Marathi Manoos is fake and hollow," Desai had said. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
