The SS-UBT stated that the full Deepotsav expenditures shall be included in the election spending of the MNS nominee from the Mahim constituency, Amit Thackeray, the son of party head Raj Thackeray.
MNS asserted that the encroachment onto the hill began 15 years ago and that the "dargah" is a threat to national security because it is close to the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport.
Raj Thackeray wrote a letter to BJP leader and Maharashtra's new Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to congratulate him for forming a government with Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde.
AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has drawn ire for visiting the tomb of the barbaric and bigoted Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, comparing Raj Thackeray to a 'dog'