Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana on Saturday took their battle in opposition to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition authorities in Maharashtra all the way in which to the nationwide capital of New Delhi the place the couple carried out a maha aarti on the Hanuman temple in Connaught Place.
The maha aarti in Delhi comes on a day when Thackeray is holding a public rally at BKC in Mumbai the place he’s anticipated to talk on Hindutva, based on Shiv Sena sources.
Speaking to media individuals later, Ravi Rana stated, “The Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is anti-Hindutva. They have the audacity to put elected members in prison for chanting the Hanuman Chalisa. They arrested us under sedition charges.” The couple threatened to show the Shiv Sena on Hindutva and stated they wished to “rid Maharashtra of the Thackeray government”.
Earlier, this month the Ranas had threatened to recite the Hanuman Chalisa exterior Matoshree, the personal residence of Thackeray in Bandra East, following which Sena activists protested on the streets. Later, the Ranas withdrew their resolution and, as an alternative, chanted the Hanuman Chalisa at their very own residence at Khar in Mumbai, however they have been arrested and lodged in jail for 14 days earlier than being launched on bail.
BJP leaders in Maharashtra supported the couple, with Kirit Somaiya saying, “How could the state government slap sedition charges? What was their crime? They just expressed the desire to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree… (and later) they backtracked… How is this a serious crime,” he requested.
In Mumbai, BJP corporator Atul Shah slammed the MVA authorities for police motion in opposition to temples and stated the police disallowed the ringing of bells in temples. “Under which law are they imposing such restrictions? Why is this government putting restrictions on temples? We are not using loudspeakers,” he stated.
“Every temple has a traditional bell. Ringing bells is part of Hindu rituals. How can that be equated to noisy loudspeakers atop mosques… We have never questioned the decision on loudspeakers. We have readily agreed there should be no loudspeakers at any place of worship or public place, including mosques,” Shah stated.
