Raj Thackeray appeals voters to make MNS 'powerful opposition party'

Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President, while dressing a public rally on Thursday, appealed to people to make his party "a strong opposition party." He said, "Only MNS MLAs can raise your questions in assembly. We will force government to respond to your questions. Unless you have a strong opposition party like MNS, government will t work for you." 

Concedes defeat

dressing crowd, MNS President conceded that his party did t have sufficient strength to form government. This is leing to party to remain in opposition benches, he stated. Thackeray urged people to support and elect his party's candidates to make party a "powerful opposition party." Reports stated that according to him, it is necessary to have a strong opposition to nurture democracy. 

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MNS rallies

According to Raj Thackeray, he will be dressing several rallies across different districts in coming days. rallies will be based on "Seeking people's support to be elected as strong opposition party." inaugural rally that was scheduled in Pune on Wednesday h to be cancelled due to heavy rains.  Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) carried out its first election rally in Mumbai on Thursday. According to reports, although MNS did t contest in Lok Sabha 2019 elections, Thackeray h created his tremark rallies. 

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Maharashtra Assembly elections

According to anuncement by Election Commission, 288-seats Maharashtra Assembly elections will be held on October 21. It will be held in a single phase and  counting procedure would be conducted on October 24. Election Commission chief Sunil Arora also anunced that last date of mination is on October 4. Besides MNS, re is ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena's alliance, opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party, Prakash Ambedkar's Bahujan Vanchit Aghi, Aam Ami Party, Vidarbha Sangharsh Samiti, and or forces vying for electorate's attention.

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