Published 16:09 IST, January 4th 2020
Aaditya Thackeray now skips anti-CAA event having Umar Khalid; Rohit Pawar still on panel
A day after an anti-CAA event featured Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray as a part of a panel including JNU student leader Umar Khalid, he has been dropped
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A day after an anti-CAA event featured Yuva Sena chief Aitya Thackeray as a part of a panel including JNU student leer Umar Khalid, on Saturday, he has been dropped from event after Shiv Sena confirmed that younger Thackeray will not attend event. Thackeray was scheduled to appear along with Shar Pawar's grandson Rohit Pawar to share stage with lyricist Javed Akhtar and ex-JNU student union leer Umar Khalid who was arrested in 2016 along with Kanhaiya Kumar for allegedly raising seditious slogans on January 5. While Thackeray has bowed down from event, Pawar is still a part from event.
Aitya Thackeray skips anti-CAA event, revised guest list
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Here is revise guest list:
BJP slams 'Sena with Tukde-Tukde gang members'
event organised by Chatra Bharti has various student bodies of JAC Mumbai, AISF, SFI, ASA, TISS, MASU, SIO, CYSS, PSU, AIPC and is on January 5. BJP Mumbai chief Ashish Shelar has slammed association of 'Sena with Tukde-Tukde gang members' saying Aitya Thackeray is associating with bomb-accused supporters and now anti-govt critics. Incidentally, Shiv Sena h voted for Act in Lok Sabha and refrained from voting in Rajya Sabha. Moreover Aslam Sheikh - who sought clemency for 1993 blast convict Yakub Memon is a part of Uddhav Thackeray-led cabinet.
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Sena on CAA
Sena after supporting CAA in Lok Sabha h walked out of Rajya Sabha after its demanding that refugees who enter through Citizenship Bill must not be given voting rights for 25 years. Sena MP Sanjay Raut h slammed BJP's vote-bank politics in House and said that by that stipulated time, accusation of vote bank politics will die down. Moreover, when asked about defying Congress and NCP's stance on bill, he said that Sena cannot follow anyone blindly.
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This move to not vote against CAA of Sena is in direct contriction to its recently formed Maha Vikas Aghi alliance's stance. alliance has declared that y will take a joint view on matters which have consequences on 'secular fabric of nation'. While Shiv Sena from its inception to date has been a strong vocate of Hindutva, both its allies have opposed Act.
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16:09 IST, January 4th 2020