With the 10-day Hindu festival of Dussehra round the corner, the stage is set in Maharashtra where both the Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led factions of Shiva Sena had both바카라 웹사이트staked claim to holding celebrations at the iconic Shivaji Park.바카라 웹사이트In a shot in the arm for the Thackeray faction, the Bombay High Court on Friday granted it permission to hold its annual Dussehra rally at the venue in central Mumbai.
For the Thackeray, the development has a symbolic value as Shivaji Park is associated with the Sena since its birth, and his group is locked in a tussle with the rebel group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to establish itself as the `real' Shiv Sena.
The Shinde faction had also sought permission to hold the rally at the same venue on the same day (October 5), and opposed the Thackeray group's petition in the high court.
The celebration of the Dussehra rally in the Park and the Park itself have바카라 웹사이트a long history of their own and바카라 웹사이트have바카라 웹사이트been an important annual바카라 웹사이트event for the바카라 웹사이트Shiv Sena.
The park was established in바카라 웹사이트1925바카라 웹사이트by the Bombay Municipal Corporation in the colonial era바카라 웹사이트and was known as Mahim Park until 1927, when it was renamed after the 17th century Maratha king Shivaji.
The first Shiv Sena rally in Shivaji Park was held바카라 웹사이트in 1966 following the inception of the political party, years before the party바카라 웹사이트was registered in 1989.
In May 2010, the바카라 웹사이트Bombay High Court바카라 웹사이트declared the ground a silence zone following a바카라 웹사이트2009바카라 웹사이트petition by local residents, complaining about the noise pollution in the area on account of political rallies and gatherings. The court, however, later granted permission to the party to hold the rally in Shivaji Park바카라 웹사이트from 2015 to 2019.
Thackeray's recent바카라 웹사이트plea to the court had mentioned that it had filed an application before the BMC to hold the rally at Shivaji Park, after two years of the Covid-19 lockdown, but the party had received no reply from the civic body.
According to reports on September 2022, the BMC had denied both Thackeray and Shinde factions permission to hold Dussehra rallies at the contested spot.
Shivaji Park is important to the Shiv Sena not only because of the over five years of association with the grounds but also because Bal Thackeray gave some of his most important speeches here and was also바카라 웹사이트cremated here.바카라 웹사이트
In 2012, when the leader was very ill and was unable to address the Dussehra rally, a virtual recorded message was relayed through바카라 웹사이트large screens at Shivaji Park.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트The park contains a small memorial that has been erected to mark the place of his cremation.
(With inputs from PTI)
