Mumbai, 25 Oct 2025
Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP and chief party spokesperson Sanjay Raut met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) founder Raj Thackeray today to chalk out plans to ensure that the November 1 rally of all Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) opposition parties including Congress, Sharad Pawar-led NCP as well as Shiv Sena-UBT, will witness a huge attendance which will rattle the EC.
Sanjay Raut reached MNS chief Raj Thackeray's 'Shivthirth' residence at Shivaji Park near the Arabian Sea in Dadar West, where he was received by Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray.
Raut said, “Electoral rolls should be clean. All major parties except ruling parties have raised the issue of tainted voters' lists. The Election Commission is not ready to accept that voters’ lists are not clean. So we are left with no other option, but to give the Election Commission a jolt by hitting the streets.”
“On November 1, there will be a grand rally in Mumbai with participation by all opposition parties against the EC's corrupt acts. Lakhs of people who have lost their voting rights will take to the streets and show their strength. This fight is to protect democracy and if the Election Commission is not ready to listen, then they will have to listen to the message from the people on the street”, he added.
The meeting between Sanjay Raut and Raj Thackeray took place immediately after the latter met top MNS office-bearers at his 'Shivtirth' residence today.
At the meeting with MNS office-bearers, the party chief spoke about ways to ensure that the forthcoming November 1 joint rally by opposition parties is a grand success. The meeting was attended by top MNS leaders including Bala Nandgaonkar, Avinash Abhyankar, Abhijit Panse, Avinash Jadhav, Gajanan Kale and Yashwant Killedar.
"This march will not be to display power, but to fight for the truth. This march will not be for fake voters in the voters' list, but for real voters. You must do everything to ensure that those sitting in Delhi will not be able to ignore this 'Galli To Delhi' march. You must organise such a rally which has never been witnessed in the past before and will not be witnessed in the future as well," Raj Thackeray told MNS leaders.
After Raj Thackeray's instructions, MNS leaders and office-bearers issued instructions to lower level cadres to organise the November 1 rally.
MNS president Raj Thackeray made a serious allegation that 96 lakh fake voters have been registered in the Maharashtra voters' list in order to manipulate the local civic body elections to be held in the state.
Thackeray said, “Around 8 to 10 lakh fake voters have been registered in Mumbai, around 8 to 8.5 lakh fake voters have been registered in Thane, and a similar number of fake voters have been registered in Pune and Nashik. We had requested the Election Commission that local civic body elections must be postponed until the voters' list is completely cleaned up to the satisfaction of all political parties.”
“But our request fell on deaf ears because the BJP is hellbent on monopolising power right from the panchayat to the Parliament. They want to retain power at the Centre, in the states, in municipal corporations, in zilla parishads and even panchayats,” Raj Thackeray added.
Raj Thackeray attacked the Adani Group and the BJP government for allegedly facilitating every project eyed by the Adani Group, alleging that the BJP government plans to shut down the existing Santacruz domestic airport in Mumbai, which is run by the Adani Group so that the domestic airport land can be used for real estate projects.
“By closing the Santacruz airport and shifting operations to the upcoming Wadhwan airport in Palghar, the entire Santacruz domestic airport land can be made open for real estate development,” he alleged.
“From Lok Sabha to Zilla Parishad, why do they want to keep all power with them? They want such dictatorial power only to help these businesses do whatever they want. How do they keep power with them? They do it by manipulating voters’ lists. I want all of you to keep this in mind,” Raj Thackeray told MNS party workers.
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