Hindu groups to felicitate Shinde, other MLAs for defeating menace of 'vote jihad' in Assembly polls
Nagpur: In a show of support for elected representatives who, according to Hindu groups, fought against the alleged menace of “vote jihad” during the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Maharashtra Mandir Mahasangh are set to felicitate Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, BJP President and Cabinet Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, and other MLAs.
The grand felicitation ceremony, celebrating the “historic victory of devout Hindu representatives who defeated the menace of vote jihad”, will take place on Thursday evening at the Vidarbha Sahitya Sangh’s auditorium near Jhansi Rani Chowk in Nagpur. The event is titled ‘Government of Hindutva Advocates and the Hindutva of the Government,’ informed Sunil Ghanwat, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh State Coordinator of 'Hindu Janajagruti Samiti' and National Convener of 'Mandir Mahasangh'.
“All Hindutva supporters, patriots, and devotees from Nagpur and Vidarbha are invited to attend the program in large numbers,” the statement reads.
The event will see the participation of Shiv Sena leaders including Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, Ministers Bharat Gogawale, Yogesh Kadam, Ashish Jaiswal; BJP Ministers Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Nitesh Rane, Atul Save, Akash Fundkar, Sanjay Savkare, Pankaj Bhoyar; Shiv Sena MLAs Pradeep Jaiswal, Chandrakant Sonawane, Amol Khatal, Balaji Kinikar; BJP MLAs Mangesh Chavan, Sunil Kamble, Satyajit Deshmukh, Atul Bhatkhalkar, Prataprao Adsar, Mahesh Landge, Suresh Bhole, Shankar Jagtap, Sachin Kalyanshetty, Narayanrao Kuche, Sanjay Kelkar, Kalidas Kolambkar, Subhash Deshmukh, and many others.
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2 dead, 75 rescued after speed boat rams into ferry off Mumbai coast
Mumbai, Dec 18: Two passengers died and 75 others on board a ferry were rescued after a speed boat crashed into it off Mumbai coast on Wednesday, officials said.
The Neelkamal ferry, with 80 persons and five crew members on board, was on way to Elephanta Islands, a popular tourist destination near Mumbai, when the speed boat circled it before crashing into it, a viral video of the accident shows.
A local leader claimed that the speed boat belonged to the Navy, but there was no confirmation from the Navy on this.
The Navy and Coast Guard launched a massive rescue operation, with 11 Navy boats and three boats of Marine Police and a boat of Coast Guard being deployed in the area, a defence official said.
Four helicopters were involved in the search and rescue operation, the official said.
Personnel from police, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority and fishermen in the area are also involved in the rescue work, the official said.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed the state assembly in Nagpur that search is underway for seven to eight passengers who are yet to be traced.
The speed boat, which is said to belong to either the Navy or Coast Guard, apparently lost control and rammed into the ferry, Fadnavis said.
🔴#Watch | 1 Dead After Speedboat Slams Into Ferry With 56 Passengers Off Mumbai https://t.co/XLE0W6Mmgy pic.twitter.com/NXoybZQiXG
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