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Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis Meets MNS Chief Raj Thackeray Ahead Of BMC Elections

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Mr. Raj Thackeray had last month undergone hip replacement surgery at the Lilavati Hospital. This is Mr. Fadnavis’s first visit to Mr. Thackeray after the surgery.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray in Mumbai on Friday.

The meeting, which is currently underway, is taking place at ‘Shivtirtha’, Mr. Thackeray’s residence at Dadar in central Mumbai.

Mr. Raj Thackeray had last month undergone a hip replacement surgery at the Lilavati Hospital. This is Mr. Fadnavis’s first visit to Mr. Thackeray after the surgery.

Earlier this month, Mr. Thackeray had written an open letter to Mr. Fadnavis, praising him for setting an example of party loyalty and commitment by taking over as deputy chief minister of the state despite being the frontrunner for the top post.

The meeting between the two leaders assumes significance given the upcoming civic body polls and the pending expansion of the Maharashtra cabinet led by Eknath Shinde.

Mr. Shinde, who revolted against the Shiv Sena leadership along with the majority of party MLAs, took oath as the chief minister on June 30, a day after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Uddhav Thackeray collapsed. Mr. Fadnavis was sworn in as his deputy.

The MNS, which has one MLA, had backed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Rajya Sabha polls and the state legislative council seats.

The win of the BJP in these crucial elections, which saw its candidates getting more votes than it has, had come just before the rebellion in the Shiv Sena that led to the collapse of the MVA government.

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A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to a tweet he had tweeted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. He will, however, remain in custody pending relief in other cases against him.

Mohammed Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through one of his tweets and was sent to one-day police custody by the trial court on the same day.

Mr. Zubair was initially charged under sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Later, Delhi Police invoked sections 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, and section 35 of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) for allegedly receiving foreign donations.

The Alt News co-founder is accused in a total of seven FIRs, of which six are lodged in UP and one in Delhi. He has been in custody in four cases against him in Delhi, Sitapur, Hathras, and Lakhimpur Kheri.

Out of these four cases, he has secured interim bail only in the Sitapur case and, today, in the Delhi case. He is yet to secure bail in the Lakhimpur Kheri case and Hathras case.

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