Sai Baba birthplace row: CM Uddhav keeps Sena MP from Pathri waiting

A day after questioning decision of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to retract his statement of declaring Pathri as Sai Baba's brithplace, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Jhav reached state secretariat in Mumbai and sought to meet Uddhav. However, CM hasn't entertained him yet. Jhav represent Parbhani constituency in Lok Sabha, where Pathri is located.

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Sanjay Jhav h on Tuesday vowed to meet Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai to build case for a redeclaration of Pathri as Sai Baba's birthplace. Protests have broken out in Pathri as Sai Baba devotees and Pathri locals fumed over CM's buckling under Shirdi's pressure and retracting from declaring Pathri as birthplace of religious figure.

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Evidence to prove Pathri as Sai Baba's birthplace

On Tuesday, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Jhav said, "Uddhavji is t to blame here. We h told him that this place is Sai Baba's birthplace after which CM declared a grant of Rs 100 crore. We will meet and explain to him that Pathri is Babaji's birthplace." Jhav ded that y have evidence to prove Sai Baba's birthplace as Pathri and y are in possession of a Parbhani district gazette of 1967 that clearly states so.

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Rey to mount pressure

When asked if he thinks pressure is been mounted on government by representatives from Shirdi, Shiv Sena MP said y too are rey for using pressure. "We are also planning to call for a bandh in Pathri first and n entire district."

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