Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and urged the government to prepare an action plan to control illegal and undisciplined parking, traffic congestion and hawkers blocking footpaths.
The meeting between Thackeray and Fadnavis was held at Varsha, the official residence of the Maharashtra CM at Malabar Hill in Mumbai.
Raj said, “The situation is already out of control, but still the issue can be addressed. But, if it is ignored now, it will definitely go out of hand and that too with no scope to bring it back to normalcy.”
A day after the BEST election results were declared, MNS chief Raj Thackeray met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. After his meeting, Raj addressed a press conference at his Shivaji Park residence in Dadar.
Thackeray reiterated concerns about people coming from outside and encroaching on land to set up slum dwellings. “There is a huge land parcel of Godrej. But, there is no encroachment. But, government land and other open spaces are encroached upon because those responsible for keeping them free are not doing their duty or are ignoring it,” Thackeray said.
According to Thackeray, he has suggested ideas to the government such as making parking and no-parking zones easily identifiable with different colour markings. “Issues of double parking, illegal parking, hawkers occupying footpaths need to be addressed on priority,” the MNS chief added.
Raj and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray had come together to form one panel for the BEST credit society elections. But despite having a maximum number of Marathi members as voters, the Thackeray cousins could not win a single seat of the 21 they contested, raising questions about the “Thackeray brand” influence.
However, Raj urged media persons not to ask any political questions so that the focus on the key issue of Mumbai would not shift to politics.
Meanwhile, speaking about the Jain community’s demand to continue feeding pigeons despite the health hazards, Raj said, “People are worried about pigeons and not human life. But, the issue was politicised.”
