Union Home Minister Amit Shah being felicitated during the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra ModiтАЩs тАШMann Ki BaatтАЩ programme, at Dahanukar college of Vile Parle area in Mumbai on Sunday.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attended the live broadcast of the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra ModiтАЩs Mann Ki Baat radio address in Mumbai.
Remarking that Mann ki Baat тАЬwas not just a radio programme, but a movement for social change for the better,тАЭ Mr. Shah said the PMтАЩs words to achievers had тАЬinspired the young generation to take charge of the nationтАЩs destiny and build a better future for all.тАЭ
In Mr. ShahтАЩs second visit to Maharashtra this month, he was flanked by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis while tuning in to the PMтАЩs radio address, which was organised by the Mumbai unit of the BJP.
тАЬThrough Mann ki Baat, PM crafts messages that venture into the nooks and corners of the nation, building bridges between the people and the government. Platforming dialogues on different regions, languages and dialects, he strengthens IndiaтАЩs social democracy,тАЭ Mr. Shah tweeted.
The Union Home MinisterтАЩs visit comes amid swirling rumours of fresh political alignments in the State, with frequent claims by the Opposition Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) that the BJP brass was reportedly тАШunhappyтАЩ with Mr. Shinde and was looking for a replacement.
A team led by Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar organised Maan Ki Baat events in 5,000 places across 36 Assembly constituencies in the city and nearby areas, covering six Lok Sabha seats and all 227 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wards.
All the 105 BJP legislators in Maharashtra, along with party office-bearers and local district units, mobilised party workers to listen to the PMтАЩs address as the State BJP unit went all out to make the event a success. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari attended it along with citizens at his home town Nagpur.
Commenting on Mr. ShahтАЩs visit, Uddhav camp MP Sanjay Raut sardonically remarked that the Union Home Minister had come to witness the preparations that the Opposition tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of the Sena (UBT), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress were making ahead of the mega MVA rally on the occasion of Maharashtra Day, May 1, in Mumbai.
тАЬThe BJP is rattled by the overwhelming response to the MVAтАЩs previous Vajramooth rallies in Sambhajinagar [formerly Aurangabad] and Nagpur. Mumbai on the occasion of Maharashtra Day will be even bigger. All three parties are working under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray and all top leaders of the MVA will be present. Aaditya Thackeray has left no stone unturned in the preparation of this rallyтАж Amit Shah has come to see our Mumbai rally,тАЭ quipped Mr. Raut.
