Thane: A committee has been constituted by the Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena in the context of conducting Aghadi for the upcoming elections of Thane Municipal Corporation. The committee was supposed to meet on Thursday, but earlier on Wednesday, the role adopted by Leader of the Opposition in the Mahasabha, Shanu Pathan against the ruling Shiv Sena, affected the meeting and the meeting was suddenly canceled by the leaders of both the parties. . If sources are to be believed, the Shiv Sena is upset over the role of Shanu Pathan, the leader of the opposition party of the Municipal Corporation. Due to which the gap between the two parties is now being feared to increase.
It is worth mentioning that in the Thane municipal elections on the same lines as the Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena and Congress fought together on one surface and the responsibility of communicating between the three parties to give a strong challenge to the opposition parties, Thane on behalf of the Nationalist Congress Party. and Palghar district coordinator and city president Anand Paranjpe and on behalf of Shiv Sena Thane district chief and mayor Naresh Mhaske. A meeting between these two leaders and Congress leaders was scheduled to take place on Thursday.
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Mayor is also said to be angry
But in the meantime, in the meeting hall of the Mahasabha on Wednesday, the mayor is also said to be angry with opposition leader Shanu Pathan visiting the mayor’s dias and meeting Congress corporator Vikrant Chavan during this movement regarding the shortage of water in Mumbra. Is. Due to the displeasure of the Mayor, now the bitterness towards the Nationalist Congress Party is seen increasing in Shiv Sena. At the local level, even though a three-wheeled government of Nationalist Congress Party, Congress and Shiv Sena is running in the state, but at the local level, the local leaders of all the three parties are not forming one. However, senior leaders of all the three parties have indicated several times to contest the elections together at the local level on the lines of the state. But that doesn’t seem to be happening.
There is a dispute between the two parties
Because about a month and a half ago in Kalwa, there was a tussle between Nationalist Congress Party city president Anand Paranjpe and Mayor Naresh Mhaske over vaccination and the two did not even recognize each other as there was a verbal war. Since then there has been a dispute between the two parties. Whether it is on the floor of the General Assembly or to take credit for the development works outside, the leaders of both the parties are seen facing each other. If sources are to be believed, there is displeasure among Shiv Sena corporators over the role adopted by the opposition leader in the Mahasabha held on Wednesday. Shiv Sena corporators believe that by going to Mayor Dias in the Mahasabha on Wednesday, opposition leader Shanu Pathan has insulted the mayor in a way.
The first meeting was held on Thursday
At the same time, despite all this, the first meeting between the two parties was held on Thursday regarding Aghadi. But Mayor Naresh Mhaske called off the meeting. However, in this context the mayor directly said that he is not going to attend any meeting. Because there is no friendship from the side of the Nationalist Congress Party. At the same time, he refused to say anything regarding the cancellation of Thursday’s meeting.
The meeting was not pre-planned: Anand Paranjpe
“Our anger is not against Shiv Sena but against the way of working of Municipal Commissioner Dr. Vipin Sharma. Decisions regarding leadership are being taken at the senior level itself and Shiv Sena leader and Guardian Minister Eknath Shinde and Nationalist Congress Party leader and Home Construction Minister Jitendra Awhad are both positive regarding Aghadi. If the meeting was canceled, the meeting was not pre-planned. So the question of cancellation does not arise.” – Anand Paranjpe (City President, Nationalist Congress Party)