Rana couple drops plan to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Maha CMs house citing PM event on Sunday
Mumbai Apr 23 PTI Amid stiff resistance by the ruling Shiv Sena independent MLA Ravi Rana and his wife MP Navneet Rana on Saturday gave up their plan of reciting Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minster Uddhav Thackerays residence here citing that they do no want to disturb the law and order situation in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to the city for an event The Ranas announced the decision while speaking to reporters here in the afternoon at their residence in suburban Khar outside which a large number of Shiv Sena workers were camping since morning taking an aggressive stand that if the politician couple tries to go ahead with their plan they would be taught a lesson The Rana couple had on Friday said that they were firm on their plan to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree the personal residence of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra at 9 am on Saturday In the morning Shiv Sena workers broke through the barricades and tried to enter the premises of their Khar residence But the situation was brought under control by the police who later asked the couple not to step out of their house as the situation may escalate due to the presence of a large number of Sena activists Addressing the press conference Ravi Rana who is an independent MLA from Badnera in Amravati district said Leader of Opposition and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to me and told me about Prime Minister Narendra Modi being honoured Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award on Sunday Therefore in order to avoid any untoward incident a day before the programme today we decided to withdraw our decision to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside the residence of CM Uddhav Thackeray As a CM Fadnavis has brought huge development to Maharashtra whereas Uddhav Thackeray has not done anything in the last two and half years of his tenure If there is an iota of late Balasaheb Thackerays thoughts left in Uddhav Thackeray he should not distance himself from the Hindutva ideology he added PM Modi is scheduled to visit Mumbai on Sunday to accept the award he said adding that they did not want to create any situation that may would affect that event On Friday Mumbai police had served a notice to the couple asking them not to disturb the law and order situation in the city Rana had earlier told reporters here that he had demanded the chief minister read Hanuman Chalisa on Hanuman Jayanti to rid Maharashtra of crises and attain peace for the state but Thackeray had refused to do so Rana had supported the BJP-Sena government during 2014-19 His demand followed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackerays ultimatum to the state government to remove loudspeakers from mosques by May 3 He had threatened to play Hanuman Chalisa outside the mosques if the demand was not met The BJP supported Rajs demand PTI ND NP NP
Mumbai Apr 23 PTI Amid stiff resistance by the ruling Shiv Sena independent MLA Ravi Rana and his wife MP Navneet Rana on Saturday gave up their plan of reciting Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minster Uddhav Thackerays residence here citing that they do no want to disturb the law and order situation in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to the city for an event The Ranas announced the decision while speaking to reporters here in the afternoon at their residence in suburban Khar outside which a large number of Shiv Sena workers were camping since morning taking an aggressive stand that if the politician couple tries to go ahead with their plan they would be taught a lesson The Rana couple had on Friday said that they were firm on their plan to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree the personal residence of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra at 9 am on Saturday In the morning Shiv Sena workers broke through the barricades and tried to enter the premises of their Khar residence But the situation was brought under control by the police who later asked the couple not to step out of their house as the situation may escalate due to the presence of a large number of Sena activists Addressing the press conference Ravi Rana who is an independent MLA from Badnera in Amravati district said Leader of Opposition and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to me and told me about Prime Minister Narendra Modi being honoured Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award on Sunday Therefore in order to avoid any untoward incident a day before the programme today we decided to withdraw our decision to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside the residence of CM Uddhav Thackeray As a CM Fadnavis has brought huge development to Maharashtra whereas Uddhav Thackeray has not done anything in the last two and half years of his tenure If there is an iota of late Balasaheb Thackerays thoughts left in Uddhav Thackeray he should not distance himself from the Hindutva ideology he added PM Modi is scheduled to visit Mumbai on Sunday to accept the award he said adding that they did not want to create any situation that may would affect that event On Friday Mumbai police had served a notice to the couple asking them not to disturb the law and order situation in the city Rana had earlier told reporters here that he had demanded the chief minister read Hanuman Chalisa on Hanuman Jayanti to rid Maharashtra of crises and attain peace for the state but Thackeray had refused to do so Rana had supported the BJP-Sena government during 2014-19 His demand followed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackerays ultimatum to the state government to remove loudspeakers from mosques by May 3 He had threatened to play Hanuman Chalisa outside the mosques if the demand was not met The BJP supported Rajs demand PTI ND NP NP
