Sena mouthpiece credits Uddhav for Ganesh festival celebration without curbs

The Shiv Sena on Sunday claimed the credit for the restrictionfree celebration of the ongoing Ganesh festival goes to party chief Uddhav ThackerayThackeray fought the COVID19 pandemic for two years with strict restrictions when he had served as the CM of Maharashtra and created awareness among people about the safety protocols an article in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana saidThe credit for the restrictionfree festival celebration goes to Uddhav Thackeray This hasnt happened because of the ShindeFadnavis regime said the Rokhthok column published under the byline of Kadaknath Mumbaikar in the Marathi dailyThe Thackerayled government which comprised the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress collapsed in June this year after a revolt in the Sena led by MLA Eknath Shinde and 39 other legislatorsOn June 30 Shinde was sworn in as the CM along with BJPs Devendra Fadnavis as his deputyThe article in Saamana said there was a time during the pandemic when the festival could not be celebrated This did not stop people from worshipping Lord GaneshThe Shiv Sena has taken forward the legacy of Lokmanya Tilak of public celebration of the festival There is a competition to break the Shiv Senas monopoly If you referring to opponents want to end Marathi dominance in Mumbai take control of Ganpati mandals or purchase them it saidThe public celebration of Ganesh festival started from Maharashtra and today attempts are being made to end the importance of the state the Marathi publication saidMaharashtra is the original land of Hindutva Veer Savarkar Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sanghs first Sarsanghchalak were born here it saidThe article also hit out at yoga guru Ramdev for claiming that Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde was the torchbearer of Hindutva and Balasaheb Thackerays legacyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever