Aaditya targets BJP over tree-cutting plan for Kumbh, says it wants to bring ‘Raavan Raj’

Shiv Sena (UBT) person Aaditya Thackeray connected Saturday (December 27, 2025) attacked the BJP implicit the projected program to chopped trees successful Nashik arsenic portion of the Kumbh Mela 2027 preparations, saying the ruling enactment wants to bring ‘Raavan Raj’ successful the city.

Addressing enactment workers present up of the January 15 polls to the Nashik Municipal Corporation, Mr. Thackeray said an confederation of the Shiv Sena (UBT), the MNS, Congress and the NCP (SP) successful the metropolis volition beryllium finalised by the day’s end.

The erstwhile Maharashtra Minister said helium envisages a aesculapian assemblage successful Nashik nether its civic body, conscionable similar the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

He besides promised amended proscription services successful the metropolis and little taxes.

“If the BJP had Ram successful their mind, they would not person chopped the Tapovan. It wants to springiness that onshore to builders,” helium alleged, claiming that the party’s Hindutva is much political.

“It wants to bring Raavan Raj,” helium further claimed.

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The Nashik civic assemblage had projected to chopped trees successful the Tapovan country of the metropolis to marque mode for a ‘Sadhu Gram’ colony. The determination was bitterly opposed by locals, greenish activists and the Opposition.

Earlier this month, the National Green Tribunal halted the civic body’s program until January 15.

Mr. Thackeray said the BJP is bare to “swallow Maharashtra and acquisition it to developers”. This "hunger" is to decorativeness Maharashtra, cities and instrumentality the state backwards, helium said.

"There is nary employment for the younker and women. Forests are not unafraid anymore, and determination is nary betterment successful the information of the cities," Mr. Thackeray said.

Polls to 29 municipal corporations crossed Maharashtra, including the Nashik civic body, volition beryllium held connected January 15, portion votes volition beryllium counted the adjacent day. The process to record nominations commenced connected December 23 and volition extremity connected December 30.