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‘Didn’t want to walk into a trap’: Why Raj Thackeray cancelled his much-hyped Ayodhya visit

Purva Chitnis - 22 May, 2022

After taking up the ‘loudspeaker’ in Maharashtra, MNS chief Raj Thackeray was all set to visit Ayodhya on 5 June. Until BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh threw a spanner in his works.

Shiv Sena comes up with ‘roar of true Hindutva’, to hold mega Mumbai rally to counter BJP, MNS

Manasi Phadke - 13 May, 2022

Shiv Sena's rally Saturday evening will be held at Bandra Kurla Complex grounds in Mumbai. Party expects lakhs to attend event, to be addressed by Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray.

Shiv Sena, MNS locked in race to visit Ayodhya amid tussle over loudspeakers in mosques

ANI - 8 May, 2022

MNS chief Raj Thackeray is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on 5 June while Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray along with Shiv Sena workers will visit on 10 June.

Now, Pune unit of Raj Thackeray’s MNS threatens to play Hanuman Chalisa outside police stations

Chitvan Vinayak - 7 May, 2022

In letter addressed to Pune police commissioner, the party has demanded written assurance from mosques against use of loudspeakers, or else it will act on its threat.

Modi’s Europe visit, inflation top Urdu news, press freedom, loudspeaker rows also find mention

Abantika Ghosh - 7 May, 2022

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

‘Our school of Hindutva is original,’ Shiv Sena’s dig at Raj Thackeray on loudspeaker threat

ThePrint Team - 4 May, 2022

The Maharashtra Home Department, however, said 135 mosques of the total 1,140 in Mumbai had played the azaan on loudspeakers before 6 am.

‘We won’t participate in MNS’ Hanuman Chalisa event in Maharashtra’, says VHP activists

PTI - 1 May, 2022

Accusing the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) of playing "propaganda politics", the RSS affiliate called the reports of its activists taking part in the event “fake and baseless".

Loudspeakers and political backflips: How ‘anti-migrant’ MNS became Hindutva’s latest advocate

Purva Chitnis - 30 April, 2022

MNS chief Raj Thackeray will address a Maharashtra Day rally in Shiv Sena’s stronghold Aurangabad. Analysts say MNS is trying to replace Sena as a champion of the Hindu cause.

Loudspeakers & ‘Maha Aartis’ — why temple-mosque politics keeps making a comeback in Maharashtra

Manasi Phadke - 26 April, 2022

Temples-mosques are dominating political discourse in Maharashtra. Parties in the state have time and again raised these issues in a bid to underscore their commitment to Hindutva.