{"id":51962,"date":"2024-04-11T09:14:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=51962"},"modified":"2024-04-11T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:14:45","slug":"mns-office-bearers-resign-in-response-to-raj-thackerays-backing-of-pm-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/11\/mns-office-bearers-resign-in-response-to-raj-thackerays-backing-of-pm-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"MNS Office-Bearers Resign in Response to Raj Thackeray&#8217;s Backing of PM Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mumbai, Apr 11 :<\/strong> Several office-bearers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have resigned in protest following the party&#8217;s chief Raj Thackeray&#8217;s announcement of support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirtikumar Shinde, MNS general secretary among those who stepped down, voiced his decision on Facebook, highlighting Thackeray&#8217;s shift in stance. He emphasized that Thackeray had previously taken a stand against PM Modi and the BJP in 2019, making his recent declaration perplexing. Shinde&#8217;s post questioned the sudden change and its implications for party workers who stand by their beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his annual Gudi Padwa rally, Thackeray extended unconditional support to PM Modi and the Mahayuti alliance, comprising the BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and the NCP under Ajit Pawar. This declaration marks a significant shift from MNS&#8217;s past stance, as the party had backed Modi&#8217;s candidature for the PM&#8217;s post in 2014 but turned into a vocal critic in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mihir Davte and members of MNS&#8217; student wing in Dombivali also resigned, citing Thackeray&#8217;s inconsistent positions. Davte explained their departure as a response to Thackeray&#8217;s alignment with PM Modi, expressing discontent over the shifting stances. He noted that disagreements over Thackeray&#8217;s decision had caused rifts among party workers, prompting their departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thackeray&#8217;s announcement followed his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah last month, reflecting a strategic move ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. With Maharashtra&#8217;s 48 Lok Sabha seats set for polling in five phases between April 19 and May 20, Thackeray&#8217;s support for PM Modi and the BJP-led alliance reshapes the political landscape in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai, Apr 11 : Several office-bearers of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have resigned in protest following the party&#8217;s chief Raj Thackeray&#8217;s announcement of support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the state. Kirtikumar Shinde, MNS general secretary among those who stepped down, voiced his decision on Facebook, highlighting Thackeray&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,22],"tags":[1032,73,1033,3763,839,3764],"class_list":{"0":"post-51962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-national","9":"tag-earlypostdaily","10":"tag-india","11":"tag-latestnews","12":"tag-mns-office","13":"tag-pm-modi","14":"tag-raj-thackeray"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51964,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51962\/revisions\/51964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}