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BJP to Thackeray: People have shown who is ‘Chief Minister' and who is ‘Thief Minister'
The BJP on Monday sharply criticised Shiv Sena (UBT) for the party's protest demanding the removal of tainted ministers from the BJP-led MahaYuti government in Maharashtra. Revenue Minister and former state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule targeted Uddhav Thackeray and claimed, "Who is the leader of extortionists? The public knows. What's more, in the Assembly elections, the people of Maharashtra have clearly shown who is the 'Chief Minister' and who is the 'Thief Minister.' "Is Waze some kind of Laden (Osama Bin Laden)? The public hasn't forgotten that under your leadership, a hundred crore extortion racket was running by placing gelatin outside industrialists' homes." "So, before criticising respected Devendra ji, recall your own past and think before you speak,' remarked Bawankule in his post on X. 'As for the rest, Maharashtra has seen your worth in the last row of the INDIA alliance. Even today, you didn't join the protests in Delhi because you'd have to stand in the last row, and instead, you staged a protest here with a few claps. While Rahul Gandhi's protest was going on there, you tried in vain to draw attention by setting up your own separate stove. "Uddhav ji, when you were Chief Minister, you had strangled democracy and morality. Before pointing fingers at an honest leader like Devendra, you should look at yourself in the mirror. Devendra Fadnavis' work is not just about a corruption-free Maharashtra but also about providing a stable, development-oriented, and transparent administration. The people of Maharashtra have full faith in CM Devendra's leadership. They are fed up with you,' said Bawankule. On the other hand, BJP legislator Atul Bhatkhalkar attacked Thackeray saying that the people of Mumbai were laughing at him for staging a protest against him, especially when during the Shiv Sena rule in the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation several cases of corruption including Mithi river clean up, 'khichadi' distribution during the Coronavirus, among others, were reported. 'During two-and-half years of chief ministership, Uddhav Thackeray did not visit Mantralaya but operated from home. Now he has hit the streets against corruption. Tell the people, why did you not come to Mantralaya in two-and-half years. "The sitting chief minister (Devendra Fadnavis) enacted the Lok Ayukta legislation to include the chief minister in it, but you and your party opposed it. Why did you oppose that provision? So those who have looted BMC for 15 years are now protesting against the corruption. The citizens of Mumbai are laughing at you,' he claimed.
Time of India
30-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Fishermen protest real estate project near Chirala beach
1 2 3 Vijayawada: Plans to develop a private real estate venture along the coast near Chirala have sparked a major controversy, with local fishermen strongly opposing the closure of the sea mouth. The agitated fishing community has threatened large-scale protests if the developers do not withdraw. The fishermen allege that the real estate firm pressurised officials to obtain land documents in violation of Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms. The Lok Ayukta has also directed the district collector and the chairman of district-level CRZ committee to investigate the allegations and safeguard the coastline. Fishermen from Vijayalakshmipuram, Adavipallepalem, Danavayipeta, Kripanagaram, Tsunami colony, Ramapuram, Vadarevu, Chinna Barapa, Pedda Barapa, and Ramachandrapuram depend entirely on fishing for their livelihoods. Around 12,000 people from these 10 villages rely on the sea mouth (or C-mouth) for decades, operating approximately 1,500 boats from the natural jetty formed near the Eepurupalem straight cut. During heavy rains, agricultural run-off from upstream flows through the Eepurupalem straight cut, passing through Adavi Pallepalem and curving at the coast before merging into the sea. This naturally formed sea mouth spans over a kilometre. Last week, fishermen were shocked to find the sea mouth and adjacent sand dunes destroyed. They have accused a Guntur-based real estate firm of causing the damage in blatant violation of CRZ rules. The firm allegedly started construction of a resort by laying roads and obstructing the natural water flow with boulders, narrowing the sea mouth. "They have obstructed natural flow of water with large boulders, reducing the nearly a kilometre-wide sea mouth to just four metres by filling up the area. The district level committee under the Andhra Pradesh Coastal Zone Management Authority (APCZMA) has remained silent," alleged social activist Nagarjuna Reddy. In a petition, he alleged that the developers used heavy machinery and hundreds of tractors to flatten sand dunes over a kilometre, fill aqua ponds on patta land to encroach upon the coastline. District collector JV Murali said the administration would verify the records and act based on facts.
