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The Hindu
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Notification awaited, Aaditya lists party's agenda for BMC elections
Raising apprehensions about whether the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections will be held this year, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said he hoped for a transparent and fair process were they to be held. Also Read | Aaditya Thackeray demands probe into scrapped MMRDA tenders He listed three priorities of the party for the municipal polls. 'The biggest priority is fixing BEST (Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking), which is the city's second biggest lifeline after the local trains. Then, fixing the schools and the healthcare system, and thereafter working on the roads and footpaths, the connectivity,' the Sena (UBT) leader told The Hindu in an interview. During a week when the arrival of monsoon brought Mumbai to its knees, he accused the BMC of 'wilful apathy'. 'The mechanisms didn't fail. I observed that none of the pre-monsoon meetings with the 17 agencies were held this year,' he said. The corporation is currently being run by a Maharashtra government-appointed administrator, the Mumbai Municipal Commissioner, with municipal elections pending for the last three years. The Supreme Court recently directed the Maharashtra State Election Commission to hold all pending local body elections within the next four months. The elections haven't been notified as yet. 'For the last three years, the BMC has been running like a headless chicken and this headless chicken is laying golden eggs for the government,' Mr. Thackeray said, adding that the corporation, which once had a surplus of over ₹90,000 crore, now has a liability of almost ₹2 lakh crore. (The interview can be watched on the show 'Pulse Maharashtra' on The Hindu's YouTube channel)
The Hindu
27-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Pawar family and Thackeray family should reunite, says Maharashtra Cabinet Minister
Batting for the re-unification of the Thackeray cousins and the Pawar uncle-nephew duo, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said that he would want the Thackeray family and the Pawar family to come together. 'Who likes to see the families being split like this? I would want them to come together. But I also know that it is not going to happen,' he told The Hindu in an exclusive interview for 'Pulse Maharashtra', a show on The Hindu's YouTube channel. The statement is significant on the background of the speculations in Maharashtra politics about the re-unification of Thackeray cousins – Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray. There have been speculations about Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar too coming together. Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit Pawar split ways after Ajit Pawar, in 2023, staked a claim to the party formed by Sharad Pawar. Also Read | Chhagan Bhujbal slams Banthia panel report on OBCs 'I have seen them together. I have seen the kind of love that the Thackeray family had for Raj Thackeray. During each vacation or holiday, Balasaheb Thackeray would call Raj over to his residence. The family would not have lunch till Raj arrived. Such was the love the family shared towards him. Then, the family split. It does not feel nice for the families to be separated. Similarly, about Ajit Pawar. I have seen him since very young days. He was groomed under the tutelage of Sharad Pawar. Who likes to see them apart? Even I want the families to be together. But I know, it will not happen. They will not come together,' he said. Recently, Raj Thackeray had said that it will not be easy to wipe off the legacies of the Thackeray and Pawar families. He had said that the families have left their mark not just in regional politics, but also in national politics, and that there was an effort to 'finish off' their names from politics. Chhagan Bhujbal was recently inducted in the Maharashtra cabinet, days after he had publicly expressed strong reservations against his party leader Ajit Pawar's decision to exclude him earlier. From OBC reservation to the State politics, from Maratha quota demand to slamming Manoj Jarange-Patil, and from Thackerays to the Pawars, he spoke on a range of topics in a free-wheeling conversation. To watch the entire interview, please visit The Hindu's YouTube channel for 'Pulse Maharashtra'.
The Hindu
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Watch: Anant Mahadevan: Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule were the first couple of India
'Phule', the biopic on social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and Savitribai Phule, is set to release in theatres on April 25. It was originally supposed to release on April 11, but it has been delayed due to objections raised by the Brahmin community and not because of the censor board-suggested amendments, film's director Anant Mahadevan said. In an interview to The Hindu, director Mahadevan talks about the controversy surrounding the movie, why today's youth should take inspiration from them the Phules, why he feels Indian society is not self-critical enough and more. Also watch: Pulse Maharashtra: Why are Phule and Ambedkar's ideas still making people uncomfortable? Interview: Vinaya Deshpande Video: Vasant Kerekar Editing: Shikha Kumari, Shiva Raj S
