In a letter to Thackeray, which he shared on Facebook, Shaikh said he was resigning with “a heavy heart”.Thackeray had pitched for the removal of the high-decibel speakers earlier today.
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Azmi said that as elections are approaching, Raj Thackeray and BJP are doing politics of hatred, but said that they will answer them with the politics of love.
MNS leader Raj Thackeray had recently warned against the use of loudspeakers in Mosques that unless some action is taken, Hanuman Chalisa would be played aloud. A MNS leader was arrested in Mumbai for the same.
Notably, the meeting comes a day after Thackeray asked the Maharashtra government to remove the loudspeakers from mosques and warned of "putting loudspeakers in front of the mosques and play Hanuman Chalisa".
One of his party workers was also detained after he installed loudspeakers on a tree and started playing Hanuman Chalisa.
Speaking at a rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Saturday, Raj Thackeray had criticised Sharad Pawar, accusing him of "playing the caste card from time to time and dividing society.”
Thackeray also took potshots at Maharashtra Chief Minister and his estranged cousin Uddhav Thackeray, whose party, the Shiv Sena, fell out with the BJP in 2019 over the chief minister's post.
Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in Mumbai on Friday.
Mumbai | Maharashtra BJP President, Chandrakant Patil arrives at the residence of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief, Raj Thackeray
Talking about the new set of restrictions imposed in Maharashtra from Monday night, Raj Thackeray said all shops should be kept open for at least two or three days during this period.
MNS chief Raj Thackeray said that state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh should resign in the wake of allegations levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and a thorough probe should be done into the matter.
Seeking a probe into the entire affair, Raj Thackeray said, "Who authorised (arrested-suspended cop) Sachin Vaze to dump that SUV? From where the gelatin sticks were sourced?"
MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday demanded a serious probe into Param Bir Singh's allegations against Anil Deshmukh. Speaking to media to media Raj Thackeray urged Centre to look to the matter.
MNS chief Raj Thackeray spotted without mask at a event organized at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Park in Mumbai on Saturday. On the occasion of Marathi Bhasha Din.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra has cut down the security cover for Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and MNS chief Raj Thackeray.
The Raj Thackeray-led party had reportedly warned the multinational company over its failure to use Marathi language in promotional posters.
Just days after the tragic death of Sushant Singh Rajput, Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has jumped into the nepotism debate. The party appealed artists to contact them if they face nepotism in the line of the work.
Three workers at Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's residence in Mumbai have tested positive for coronavirus. All three are drivers. Two of them tested positive for COVID-19 last week while the third one was confirmed for the virus on Friday night.
Given the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown for two months, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Tuesday raised questions on Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's insistence on holding the final year university exam in the state.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray on Thursday demanded that the state government should drop "moral issues" and permit liquor shops and restaurants to resume forthwith to enable it earn badly-needed revenues for its near-empty coffers.
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