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Festival season politics: BJP needles Shiv Sena in Thackeray Jr's bastion

By IANS | Updated: August 18, 2022 14:50 IST

Mumbai, Aug 18 Apparently poking the Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to hold its major ...

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Mumbai, Aug 18 Apparently poking the Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to hold its major 'dahi-handi' celebrations at the Jambori Maidan in Worli on Friday, which is a Sena stronghold and also the Assembly constituency of the Yuva Sena chief, Aditya Thackeray.

Driven out of Jambori Maidan this year, now the Sena plans to hold its revelries at Worli Naka with an undeclared competition on who will make it a bigger affair likely to be witnessed Friday.

Former Nationalist Congress Party leader Sachin Ahir, who joined the Shiv Sena in 2019, used to regularly organise the dahi-handi at Jambori Maidan, which was ranked among the biggest events during the festival in Mumbai.

Taking a swipe at the Sena, Mumbai BJP President Ashish Shelar today said that "despite having an MP, MLA, ex-Minister, ex-Mayor and several municipal corporators, the party

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Tags: Aditya ThackerayShiv SenaBharatiya Janata PartySachin AhirJanataUdhav thackerayBjp members of parliamentOffice of uddhav thackerayNational bjpParty office
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