Security increased outside Maha CM Thackerays residence as MP Rana her husband stay firm on reciting Hanuman Chalisa
Mumbai Apr 22 PTI Police were deployed in large numbers outside Matoshri the personal residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra following legislator couple Navneet and Ravi Ranas plan to recite the Hanuman Chalisa there and angry reaction by Shiv Sena workersWorkers of the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena began to gather outside the house since morning as Amaravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband Badnera MLA Ravi Rana — both independent legislators — said they were firm on their plan to recite the Chalisa outside the Thackeray residencePolice were also deployed outside an apartment in suburban Khar where the Rana couple lives Shiv Sena workers turned up outside the apartment and sang bhajans with some of them telling reporters that they would not allow the Ranas to leave their house on Saturday morningLocal BJP leader Mohit Kamboj claimed that his car was attacked by Sena workers near the Kalanagar colony where the Thackeray residence is located He also posted a video of the incidentMumbai police earlier in the day served a notice under CrPC section 149 to the Rana couple asking them not to disturb the law and order situation Under section 149 police can take steps to prevent a cognizable offenseBarricades were also placed on the road leading to MatoshriRavi Rana told reporters that he had demanded that the chief minister read Hanuman Chalisa on Hanuman Jayanti to rid Maharashtra of crises and attain peace for the state but Thackeray refusedWe will go there Matoshree to read the Hanuman Chalisa at nine tomorrow We will cooperate with police I have asked our workers to ensure that law and order is not disturbed in Mumbai Police and people should not be troubled he addedThackeray meanwhile arrived in the afternoon at Matoshree He was seen greeting Shiv Sena workers with his palms joined together as he went insideShiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut who was present outside Matoshree accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy to harass the Sena-led coalition government in the state and using the Ranas and MNS chief Raj Thackeray as pawnsMahaprasad is ready Whoever comes will get it he told reporters crypticallyBut we want to show the BJP that the Shiv Sena is still alive We have buried a dishonest friend like you We are ready to bury you again Raut saidSenas Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said Hanuman Chalisa and Ram Navami were matters of faith and not occasions for stuntPeople like Rana are characters in the nautanki drama and stunt of the BJP People dont take this stunt seriously he saidHe described the Rana couple as Bunty aur Babli reference to a Hindi movie starring Abhishek Bachchan and Rani MukherjeeSecretary of Yuva Sena the partys youth wing Varun Saardesai said the party workers will not let the couple go back without prasad if they dared to turn upNCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase claimed that the Ranas were trying to destabilize the Sena-NCP-Congress government in the state and fuel communal tensionRana couple are planning to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree Is this the job of a public representative he askedRavi Rana had supported the BJP-Sena government during 2014-19 He had demanded earlier this month that CM Thackeray recite Hanuman Chalisa at home on Hanuman JayantiHis 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 DC ENM MR ARU NP KRK KRK
Mumbai Apr 22 PTI Police were deployed in large numbers outside Matoshri the personal residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra following legislator couple Navneet and Ravi Ranas plan to recite the Hanuman Chalisa there and angry reaction by Shiv Sena workersWorkers of the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena began to gather outside the house since morning as Amaravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband Badnera MLA Ravi Rana — both independent legislators — said they were firm on their plan to recite the Chalisa outside the Thackeray residencePolice were also deployed outside an apartment in suburban Khar where the Rana couple lives Shiv Sena workers turned up outside the apartment and sang bhajans with some of them telling reporters that they would not allow the Ranas to leave their house on Saturday morningLocal BJP leader Mohit Kamboj claimed that his car was attacked by Sena workers near the Kalanagar colony where the Thackeray residence is located He also posted a video of the incidentMumbai police earlier in the day served a notice under CrPC section 149 to the Rana couple asking them not to disturb the law and order situation Under section 149 police can take steps to prevent a cognizable offenseBarricades were also placed on the road leading to MatoshriRavi Rana told reporters that he had demanded that the chief minister read Hanuman Chalisa on Hanuman Jayanti to rid Maharashtra of crises and attain peace for the state but Thackeray refusedWe will go there Matoshree to read the Hanuman Chalisa at nine tomorrow We will cooperate with police I have asked our workers to ensure that law and order is not disturbed in Mumbai Police and people should not be troubled he addedThackeray meanwhile arrived in the afternoon at Matoshree He was seen greeting Shiv Sena workers with his palms joined together as he went insideShiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut who was present outside Matoshree accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy to harass the Sena-led coalition government in the state and using the Ranas and MNS chief Raj Thackeray as pawnsMahaprasad is ready Whoever comes will get it he told reporters crypticallyBut we want to show the BJP that the Shiv Sena is still alive We have buried a dishonest friend like you We are ready to bury you again Raut saidSenas Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said Hanuman Chalisa and Ram Navami were matters of faith and not occasions for stuntPeople like Rana are characters in the nautanki drama and stunt of the BJP People dont take this stunt seriously he saidHe described the Rana couple as Bunty aur Babli reference to a Hindi movie starring Abhishek Bachchan and Rani MukherjeeSecretary of Yuva Sena the partys youth wing Varun Saardesai said the party workers will not let the couple go back without prasad if they dared to turn upNCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase claimed that the Ranas were trying to destabilize the Sena-NCP-Congress government in the state and fuel communal tensionRana couple are planning to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree Is this the job of a public representative he askedRavi Rana had supported the BJP-Sena government during 2014-19 He had demanded earlier this month that CM Thackeray recite Hanuman Chalisa at home on Hanuman JayantiHis 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 DC ENM MR ARU NP KRK KRK
