He began a registration drive for fresh recruits in Pune on Thursday and appealed to youth to join the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
He began a registration drive for fresh recruits in Pune on Thursday and appealed to youth to join the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
Ahead of the crucial civic polls in the State, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, in party re-building mode, began a registration drive for fresh recruits in Pune on Thursday.
Mr. Thackeray, who has inched closer to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in recent times short of openly allying with the saffron party, appealed to youth to join the MNS in great numbers.
“Till now, recruitment drives had been done in Mumbai. As per the rules of the Election Commission, a political party is to carry out recruitment drives every three-four years. Hence, this exercise in registrations of new members,” said Mr. Thackeray.
The MNS chief said that the new members would be getting weekly updates regarding party affairs on their mobile phones.
Cannily playing both the ‘Hindutva’ and the regional ‘Marathi manoos’ (sons-of-the-soil) cards, every registered member had a tagline in their card which said “I am a custodian of Hindutva ideals and a servant of Maharashtra”.
Just before the pandemic and the COVID-19 induced lockdown, Mr. Thackeray had attemp
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