Raj Thackeray Comes Out in Support of Campa Cola Residents

Nashik: Calling the action against residents of illegal flats in Worli's Campa Cola compound as "unjust", Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray today said that the builders and authorities concerned who are responsible for such unauthorised structures should be punished and sent to jail.

Replying to a query on the Campa Cola issue, Mr Thackeray said, "I am not just talking about Campa Cola. There are several illegal buildings in Thane as well. But why should the residents bear the brunt when they have nothing to do with it. When will the builders and administrative officers responsible for such unauthorised structures be punished and sent to jail?"

"The action against the Campa Cola residents is completely unjust and should be stopped," he told reporters when asked.

"During the construction of such illegal buildings the government machinery wilfully connives and then suddenly after so many years they say that the structure is unauthorised," Mr Thackeray said adding that the people who purchased these flats have been regularly paying all the taxes for years and it was wrong to act against them when the real culprits go unpunished.