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RPI-Sena-BJP leaders vow to throw Cong-NCP out of power in state
Ramu Bhagwat, TNN | Jun 3, 2011, 12.14am IST
NAGPUR: Leaders of the Republican Party of India (RPI), Shiv Sena and
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came on one platform for the first
time here and claimed that a political revolution was in the offing in
the state. "The confluence of Bhimshakti (followers of Ambedkar) and
Shiv Shakti (saffron parties) would generate enough force to throw the
Congress-Nationalist Congress out of power in the next state
elections," thundered RPI leader Ramdas Athawale.
Leaders of the three parties said they were not at all apologetic
about the disparate parties coming together. They did not mince words
to declare that the objective of this new formidable political
combination was to defeat the Congress-NCP combine in the 2014
elections. "The blue flag of Ambedkar thought will flutter along with
the saffron flag of the Sena-BJP on the Vidhan Sabha in three years,"
Athawale and the second-wrung leaders of the Shiv Sena and BJP
stressed. The packed Deshpande hall, witnessed the rare sight of RPI's
blue turbans mingling with saffron turbans as activists hailed
Babasaheb Ambedkar and Shivaji Maharaj in one voice.
"My shifting to the new combination has already disturbed the Congress
and the NCP. In desperation, my old allies have started targeting me
and also Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. NCP leader Ajit Pawar has
questioned how I was living in a four-storied house of my own in
Mumbai despite being a Dalit leader. He has questioned why Thackerays
were not into constructive projects like setting up sugar
co-operatives and mills. Returning the salvo, Athawale said had
Thackerays got into sugar mills business most of the western
Maharashtra leaders (read NCP) would have been jobless today.
"As far as my house is concerned, I have clear accounts to show that I
used my known sources of income to build it," Athawale said. However,
taking a dig at MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Athawale said Ajit Pawar
should try to find out from where Raj Thackeray got money to purchase
the Kohinoor Mills land worth hundreds of crores. RPI general
secretary Bhupesh Thoolkar accused the Congress of always working
against Babasaheb Ambedkar. It is a fact that for 27 years they did
not find him worth giving the Bharat Ratna award. It was the
non-Congress government led by VP Singh which finally bestowed that
coveted honour on Ambedkar. Only after struggling for 18 long years,
was the Marathwada University renamed after Ambedkar, he pointed out.
Besides Athawale and Thoolkar, the RPI was represented by its women's
wing chief Jyoti Lanjewar and ex-MLC Anil Gondane. The Sena had its
spokesman and MP Sanjay Raut, Vidarbha in-charge Vinayak Raut, ex-MP
Prakash Jadhav and Nagpur's deputy mayor Shekhar Sawarbandhe present
on the occasion. The BJP was represented by BJP leader in assembly
Chainsukh Sancheti, MLAs Nana Patole, Sudhakar Deshmukh,
Chandrashekhar Bawankule and mayor Archana Dehankar. Sena, BJP and RPI
workers were present in large number indicating that the new
combination was already evoking good response at the grassroot.
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