Deferred Ayodhya visit as there was a ploy to trap MNS workers: Thackeray
MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday claimed that political developments around his proposed Ayodhya visit were a ploy to “trap” his party workers into legal tangles and hence, he decided to defer his trip to the Uttar Pradesh city.
Addressing an indoor rally at a hall in Pune city of Maharashtra, Thackeray said he has to undergo a surgery on June 1 and after recovering from it, he would again address a public meeting. He reiterated that the MNS workers will resume agitation if loudspeakers atop mosques do not follow the noise rules. Thackeray had earlier asked his partymen to play ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ outside mosques where loudspeakers play ‘azaan’.
On Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray recently slamming the BJP’s “fake Hindutva”, the MNS president said, “The CM claimed their Hindutva is real. Are they talking about a washing powder, like who’s detergent is better than the other?” He claimed the MNS has shown “results” on the issue of Hindutva, in the wake of his party’s protest against loudspeakers.
On Friday, Raj Thackeray had announced that his visit to Ayodhya scheduled on June 5 has been put on hold for now, and said he would share the details about it during his Sunday rally in Pune. He has been facing stiff opposition from UPBJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has warned that Raj will not be allowed to enter Ayodhya till he tendered a public apology for “humiliating” north Indians in the past. On Sunday, Thackeray said when he posted the message about deferring his Ayodhya visit, many people were happy, while some did not like it.