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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) slammed attempts to curb the activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), terming them “unfortunate”.
Speaking to reporters successful Thane during the Diwali celebrations, Mr. Shinde affirmed the Sangh’s “strong nationalist credentials and committedness to nationalist service”.
“Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is simply a staunchly patriotic and nationalist organisation. The RSS ever steps guardant to assistance erstwhile the state is successful crisis,” Mr. Shinde said.
The comments by the Shiv Sena main travel days aft the Karnataka Cabinet decided to bring rules, seemingly to cheque RSS activities, including marching connected the roads and holding events successful nationalist places and authorities premises.
In Uttar Pradesh, authorities Congress president Ajay Rai had said that helium had written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a prohibition connected the RSS, claiming that it has been progressive successful “anti-national activities.”
Mr. Shinde said the attempts to restrict the Sangh’s enactment were “unfortunate” and “condemnable”.
About the upcoming civic elections successful Maharashtra, Mr. Shinde said the BJP-led Mahayuti volition triumph the polls. Besides the BJP and Shinde’s Shiv Sena, the conjugation besides has the NCP, led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, arsenic a partner.
“We won the Lok Sabha elections and secured a immense bulk successful the assembly polls. The saffron emblem of Mahayuti volition alert precocious successful the section assemblage elections, too,” helium said.
Mr. Shinde said the Mahayuti retained powerfulness successful the authorities owed to the “magic” of the ‘Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana’, which provides monthly fiscal assistance of ₹1,500 each to eligible women beneficiaries. The strategy was rolled retired erstwhile Shinde was the Chief Minister.
The Deputy Chief Minister besides asserted that the popular strategy won’t beryllium scrapped.
