Raj Thackeray supports Thalapathy Vijay’s line to cancel NEET exam
He called for the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
He called for the immediate resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) threatened to launch an agitation against imposition of Hindi language examination on state government gazetted officers and employees.
Workers of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) allegedly pelted stones at Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam who reached Dahisar on Friday
The initiative, announced on Wednesday, has quickly drawn attention across political and social circles, sparking both praise and criticism.
Incidentally, this is the first meeting between both the leaders after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which both parties had contested separately.
Elections for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the prestigious as well as cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), will take place on Thursday, January 15, 2026, with results to be declared on Friday, January 16, 2026.
Gajanan Kale also expressed his firm belief that every Marathi person will vote against the BJP for releasing such a poll manifesto.
"I want to tell the Chief Minister that this issue is not about whose business grew, but about how that growth took place. It is necessary to understand how only one industrialist is growing. It is necessary for the people to understand this growth," Raj Thackeray said.
With his remark on Mumbai sparking a political storm, providing a handle to the Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a defiant IPS-turned BJP leader K Annamalai on Monday threw the gauntlet at the Thackerays daring them to touch him when he visits the city shortly next time.
The verbal to-and-fro between Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai ahead of the high-stakes BMC elections has revived old fault lines over regional identity, migration, and Mumbai’s status as India’s financial capital.