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Hindustan Times
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
‘Join hands to save this city': Aaditya Thackeray to Mumbaikars
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday launched the party's mobilisation campaign titled 'Ladha Aaplya Mumbaicha' (Fight for our Mumbai), where he expressed the need to fight for Mumbai on the lines of the historic Samyukta Maharashtra movement in the 1950s. 'They (the BJP) want to take away Mumbai from the Marathi manoos and gift it to Adani,' he said. 'Come and join the battle to save this city.' Aaditya was speaking at a gathering at Kalidas Auditorium in Mulund, where he made a presentation to show how lands across Mulund, Kurla, Malvani and Deonar had been allocated to the Adani group in the name of the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. 'All Dharavi residents should get homes in Dharavi only and not elsewhere,' he said, adding that the BJP, to 'serve its master', wanted to hand over Mumbai to him. Hitting out at the BJP-Adani liaison, Aaditya said that to clean up the Deonar dumping ground for Adani's Dharavi project, the BMC would have to spend over ₹2,000 crore. 'And to recover this money, the BMC has proposed to levy a garbage collection tax on Mumbai's citizens,' he said. Referring to Eknath Shinde by his Thackeray-given moniker Bhrashtanath Mindhe (Corrupt and Subservient), he alleged that he had played a role in the BJP's plan to give Mumbai to Adani. Pointing out that Monday was the anniversary of Hindu king Chhatrapati Shivaji, Aaditya lamented that it was also a time when Mumbai, Maharashtra and the Marathi manoos were in danger. 'As they failed in their plan to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra, they are now conspiring to take it from the Marathi manoos by handing the city to the Adani group,' he said. Aaditya emphasised that once the city fell into the hands of a businessman, the people's representatives would have no control. 'So we will have to fight for Mumbai like we did during the Samyukta Maharashtra movement. This fight is not of a political party but of all Mumbaikars. Come and join it to save Mumbai,' said Aaditya in what sounded like the Sena (UBT')s campaign theme for the upcoming BMC polls. The Mumbai civic polls are crucial for the Sena (UBT), which suffered a serious setback in last year's assembly elections, winning only 20 seats in the state, 10 of these in Mumbai. The BMC has been the Shiv Sena's and Thackeray family's source of strength and influence for decades. Aaditya also pointed out how all his allegations regarding corruption in the BMC and infrastructure projects in Mumbai had turned out to be true. 'I was the first to raise my voice on the cement road scam,' he said. 'Today, we can all see the condition of the roads and the quality of work. In October 2024, I warned about corruption in the Thane-Borivali belt, and now the Supreme Court has forced the authorities to cancel the tender.' Aaditya clarified that his party had no personal conflict with anyone, including Adani. 'But if you charge at Mumbai, we will stand in front of you, we will fight and we will win,' he said.
Indian Express
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Will oppose redevelopment project until everyone gets 500 sq ft houses in Dharavi: Aaditya Thackeray
Days after the state government approved the masterplan of Dharavi Slum Redevelopment Project, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday said his party would oppose the project until and unless all residents are guaranteed 500sqft homes in Dharavi and all the residents are declared eligible for free rehabilitation. Thackeray also demanded that the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) and Dharavi be granted the same status as Gujarat's GIFT City, claiming that Mumbai was being sidelined in favour of Gujarat and GIFT city was moved to Gujarat from Mumbai's BKC. Addressing a rally in Mulund, Thackeray alleged that the redevelopment plan would lead to large-scale displacement and benefit private players at the expense of long-time Dharavi residents. 'Our party's stand is very clear.. Every resident of Dharavi must get a 500 sqft house. If all residents are not made eligible, we will not allow them to be moved out of Dharavi,' said Thackeray at the 'Ladha Aaplya Mumbaicha' (fight for our Mumbai) campaign organised by the Sena UBT ahead of the BMC elections. Thackeray added that the current plan recognizes only those who settled before 2000 while many with documents dated after 2011 are likely to be excluded from rehabilitation and free houses in Dharavi. According to the eligibility criteria, for people to get homes, ground-floor residents who settled in Dharavi before January 1, 2000, will be eligible for a 350sqft home within Dharavi at no cost. Those who settled between January 1, 2000, and January 1, 2011, will receive a 300sqft home outside Dharavi at a cost of Rs 2.5 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). Residents who live in upper-floor structures built before November 15, 2022, and ground-floor tenements constructed between January 1, 2011, and November 15, 2022, will be offered rented accommodations outside Dharavi. These residents will also have the option of a hire-purchase scheme for 300 sqft homes. At the rally, Thackeray also raised objections to the proposed use of Deonar dumping ground and other land parcels given for the Dharavi redevelopment project. 'The BMC had clearly stated that the land cannot be given unless it is cleaned first. It is not suitable for people to live there,' he said. He also criticised the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, questioning why the route was designed to benefit Gujarat rather than linking Mumbai to other parts of Maharashtra.
Time of India
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Aaditya: Won't allow Dharavi redevpt unless all residents are made eligible
Days after CM Devendra Fadnavis approved the Dharavi redevelopment master plan, Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA said his party will not let the project take off unless all residents get 500 sq ft homes and are made eligible for free housing in Dharavi. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Addressing a rally in Mulund as part of the party's flagship campaign, 'Ladha Aaplya Mumbaicha' (Fight for our Mumbai), ahead of BMC polls, Aaditya said: "Our stand is clear. All residents must be made eligible, or else we won't let them be moved out of Dharavi. Every family must get a 500 sq ft GIFT city was snatched from Mumbai and taken to Gujarat. BKC and Dharavi must get the status of GIFT city, only then will we allow the Dharavi redevelopment project to be taken forward." Hitting out at Mulund MLA Mihir Kotecha, Aaditya played a video of the BJP leader in the legislative assembly claiming that not a single sq ft of land in Mulund was given to anyone. Alleging that Kotecha was lying, he said: "The rights and privileges Adani is getting, why aren't Mumbaikars getting the same benefits? We don't know where lakhs of Dharavi residents will live in the eastern suburbs. Will the roads be enough, what about water and electricity?" he asked. — Chaitanya Marpakwar
