MUMBAI: Calling Rahul Gandhi a warrior for standing up against the Modi government, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said rulers in Delhi are afraid of the Congress leader.
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana also said it was a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is becoming the Congress president. The rulers in Delhi fear Rahul Gandhi. Had it not been so, campaigns to discredit the Gandhi family would not have been carried out, the editorial said. A dictator is afraid even if one man is against him, and if this lone warrior is honest, the fear increases by a hundred times. The Delhi rulers fear of Rahul Gandhi is in this category, editorial said.
Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2021, 16:13 [IST]
Mumbai, Jan 07: Calling Rahul Gandhi a warrior for standing up against the Modi government, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said rulers in Delhi are afraid of the Congress leader.
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana also said it was a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is becoming the Congress president. The rulers in Delhi fear Rahul Gandhi. Had it not been so, campaigns to discredit the Gandhi family would not have been carried out, the editorial said. A dictator is afraid even if one man is against him, and if this lone warrior is honest, the fear increases by a hundred times. The Delhi rulers fear of Rahul Gandhi is in this category, editorial said. It is a good thing that Rahul Gandhi is becoming the Congress president again, the Sena mouthpiece said.
Devendra Fadnavis dubs Shiv Sena, Congress’ fight over renaming Aurangabad as ‘drama’ ahead of civic polls
Written byRia SharmaRia Sharma / Updated: Jan 6, 2021, 11:17 IST
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Congress for fighting over the renaming of Aurangabad city.
Speaking to the media, the Leader of Opposition called the face-off between Sena and Congress as a ‘drama.’
Shiv Sena s demand to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar has caused unease in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government with Maharashtra Congress president Balasaheb Thorat saying that the party would strongly oppose any proposal that seeks to rename the city. A few days back, Thorat had asserted that changing the names of places is not a part of the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the three ruling parties in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra CMO Mentions Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Congress Raises Objection
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The rift in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government over the Aurangabad renaming issue came out in the open once again after the Maharashtra CMO in one of the tweets about cabinet decisions on Wednesday mentioned the city as Sambhajinagar, even as the Congress took objection to it. The Shiv Sena, which heads the three-party MVA government in the state, has been demanding since the last few decades that Aurangabad be renamed as Sambhajinagar. However, the party is now in alliance with the Congress, which has consistently opposed the proposal.