‘Illegal’ Sena (UBT) shakha in Bandra East bulldozed by BMC
The demolition happened just two days after Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray Tuesday announced that the party would take out a march to the BMC headquarters in South Mumbai on July 1.
. (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty) The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday morning demolished a shakha (local branch office) that was being run by members of Sena’s Thackeray faction.
While civic officials maintained that the shakha was erected illegally, local members from Sena UBT said that the action sprang from political vendetta.
The shakha, located in Bandra East’s Nirmal Nagar locality, adjacent to railway tracks, was established in 2002. Most of its members were local residents who lived in slum areas nearby.
Demolition of the Shiv Sena ( UBT ) shakha underway in Nirmal Nagar next to the Bandra railway station. (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Demolition began Thursday morning in the presence of heavy police security.
Haji Halim Khan, a former corporator and currently a member of Sena’s Thackeray faction said that last week members from the Shinde faction had asked him to join their side. “Being the former local corporator, this shakha falls under my jurisdiction. Last week, members of the Shinde faction asked me to join their team and contest the upcoming civic elections with them. I refused their offer, following which they threatened that our shakha will be pulled down by civic officials,” Khan told The Indian Express on Thursday.
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