4 days Ago By Apoorva Shukla
Mumbai: Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly election, former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray alleged that the NITI Aayog's blueprint to develop the metropolitan region was a ploy to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra by undermining the BMC's importance. Addressing a rally at the BKC Ground in Mumbai, Thackeray vowed that if elected to power, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), will scrap the MoU signed between the World Economic Forum and MMRDA as it is aimed at diminishing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's importance. Thackeray said he wouldn't hesitate to disband the MMRDA if it encroaches on the BMC's jurisdiction.
"A conspiracy to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra is not just a loose talk but an impending serious crisis. The ploy is real but we will never allow this to happen," said Uddhav Thackeray at the rally as quoted by PTI. Thackeray said the MMRDA and WEF signed an agreement in September to develop MMR as a global economic hub which was signed after Niti Aayog's report on MMR development.
"The Niti Aayog's blueprint diminishes the importance of the Mumbai civic body which is a ploy to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra," he alleged. Thackeray said the first decision of the MVA government will be to scrap policies of the government which handed over Mumbai's land to the Adani group. (With inputs from PTI) Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Elections and around the world.
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