Shiv Sena To Anna Hazare

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday appealed to the BJP-led Maharashtra government to intervene in Anna Hazare's hunger strike and asked it not to "play" with the social activist's life.

The Shiv Sena on Friday criticised the Maharashtra cabinet's decision to bring the chief minister's office under the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta.

Asserting that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is suffering the backlash of backing Arvind Kejriwal during his anti-corruption movement against Congress along with Anna Hazare, the Shiv Sena today said the BJP should at times listen to its ally, which had opposed any sort of support to the AAP leader then.

Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena, has ordered his party's workers to travel across Maharashtra to inform farmers that the government's planned land reforms are designed to gyp them.

The BJP is facing resistance not only from ally Shiv Sena but also the Shiromani Akali Dal over the move to push a controversial land bill through Parliament. On Tuesday, while Shiv Sena skipped a meeting of lawmakers from the ruling coalition to discuss strategy in the face of a united opposition, sources said the Akali Dal struck a discordant not...

Targeting the now disbanded Team Anna, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said that their single-point agenda was to abuse politicians. "At first they managed to fool the country. India has seen the effects of their success in fooling people," the 86-year-old Sena patriarch said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

Welcoming Gandhian Anna Hazare's just announced anti-Congress posture for the forthcoming elections, Shiv Sena today said that the anti-graft crusader should not limit it to the issue of enactment of the Jan Lokpal Bill alone.

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has appealed to Anna Hazare to give up his fast since it has succeeded in "awakening the nation and rattling the government". In a letter to Mr Hazare on Wednesday, Mr Thackeray said that there was no need for him to stop the anti-corruption agitation but only end the fast in view of his failing health.

Shiv Sena today said it disapproved of fast as a political weapon, but argued that yoga guru Baba Ramdev was a citizen of India, and had every right to create a political space for himself.     Sena's comments -- in response to yesterday's police action against Ramdev and his followers in Delhi, and Congress leaders' remarks tha...

Social crusader Anna Hazare's organization has demanded a stop to the shooting of Bigg Boss reality TV show, an official said.

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday appealed to the BJP-led Maharashtra government to intervene in Anna Hazare's hunger strike and asked it not to "play" with the social activist's life.

The Shiv Sena on Friday criticised the Maharashtra cabinet's decision to bring the chief minister's office under the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta.

Asserting that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is suffering the backlash of backing Arvind Kejriwal during his anti-corruption movement against Congress along with Anna Hazare, the Shiv Sena today said the BJP should at times listen to its ally, which had opposed any sort of support to the AAP leader then.

Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena, has ordered his party's workers to travel across Maharashtra to inform farmers that the government's planned land reforms are designed to gyp them.

The BJP is facing resistance not only from ally Shiv Sena but also the Shiromani Akali Dal over the move to push a controversial land bill through Parliament. On Tuesday, while Shiv Sena skipped a meeting of lawmakers from the ruling coalition to discuss strategy in the face of a united opposition, sources said the Akali Dal struck a discordant not...

Targeting the now disbanded Team Anna, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today said that their single-point agenda was to abuse politicians. "At first they managed to fool the country. India has seen the effects of their success in fooling people," the 86-year-old Sena patriarch said in an editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

Welcoming Gandhian Anna Hazare's just announced anti-Congress posture for the forthcoming elections, Shiv Sena today said that the anti-graft crusader should not limit it to the issue of enactment of the Jan Lokpal Bill alone.

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray has appealed to Anna Hazare to give up his fast since it has succeeded in "awakening the nation and rattling the government". In a letter to Mr Hazare on Wednesday, Mr Thackeray said that there was no need for him to stop the anti-corruption agitation but only end the fast in view of his failing health.

Shiv Sena today said it disapproved of fast as a political weapon, but argued that yoga guru Baba Ramdev was a citizen of India, and had every right to create a political space for himself.     Sena's comments -- in response to yesterday's police action against Ramdev and his followers in Delhi, and Congress leaders' remarks tha...

Social crusader Anna Hazare's organization has demanded a stop to the shooting of Bigg Boss reality TV show, an official said.