Kangana Ranaut and Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut have been challenging each other since 3 September. Neither of them wants to step back. In such a situation, the political meaning of this dispute is being discovered.
Kangana criticized Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and described Mumbai as 'POK' (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir). This statement of Kangana worked like ghee in the fire in this dispute which has been going on for the last one week. Kangana and Shiv Sena are constantly criticizing each other.
Congress and NCP are allies of Shiv Sena in the state government. In such a situation, he has supported the Shiv Sena in this dispute. But, Maharashtra BJP supported Kangana on the first day, but after Kangana's poke statement, Maharashtra BJP is back on foot.
Ram Kadam, who was supporting Kangana's statements, suddenly took silence. However, BJP leaders outside Maharashtra are still supporting Kangana on social media. But, BJP's Maharashtra unit is quiet.
One thing in this controversy is why everyone is wondering why Shiv Sena is giving so much attention to Kangana's statements for the last one week? Seeing the answer to this question, we saw four possible (direct or indirect) benefits to the Shiv Sena from Kangana's statements. Let's understand these four points.
1. Negative image of Maharashtra BJP
Kangana shared news of 'New Indian Express' on Twitter on September 3 and criticized Sanjay Raut. He also compared Mumbai to PoK. At that time, BJP leaders like Mumbai's MLA Ram Kadam, former spokesperson Avadhoot Wagh came out in support of Kangana on social media.
But, the Aamchi Mumbai hashtag went viral on Twitter. Many prominent personalities of politics and entertainment world condemned Kangana's statement and praised Mumbai. BJP leader Ram Kadam compared Kangana to the queen of Jhansi and in such a situation, people started turning against BJP.
BJP leader and former education minister Ashish Shelar immediately called a press conference and clarified that the BJP does not agree with Kangana's comment. However, BJP leaders from outside Maharashtra, including BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma from West Delhi, are still in support of Kangana.
Analysts say that because of this, a negative image of Maharashtra BJP is being created in the state. If the BJP's image in Mumbai deteriorates, it will benefit the Shiv Sena.
Since the elections to the Mumbai Municipal Corporation are not far away, many political analysts feel that if this negative image of the BJP continues, it will benefit the Shiv Sena. Sanjay Raut has repeated the same thing in an interview given to BBC Marathi.
Raut said, "BJP is supporting them. Why? No political leader should support a person who does not respect Maharashtra. If BJP were in power in the state now, the picture would have been different." "If someone said anything on a channel to Narendra Modi Saheb, Amit Shah, Devendra Fadnavis, he would be immediately put in jail. Those who made cartoons of Yogi Adityanath or wrote anything against him were put in jail."
Senior journalist Deepak Bhatusay says, "On the first day Kangana compared Mumbai to PoK and then Ram Kadam supported her. BJP had understood that the Twitter trend was going against the party, so Ashish Shelar immediately press The conference was called and clarified the situation. But now, Shiv Sena wants to cash in on this issue. "
Other political parties and analysts also feel that this issue is being coined to create an anti-Maharashtra image of the BJP.
Alok Deshpande of 'The Hindu' says, "Shiv Sena workers came out on the streets after Kangana's comment. The Shiv Sena was silent till yesterday, but as soon as things went against Kangana, the Shiv Sena came forward and reacted. This made Shiv Sena politically Is being used. "
Senior journalist Hemant Desai also agrees with the opinion, "The Corona crisis is deepening in the state. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray may be a victim of criticism. But, Kangana's controversy in this situation helps Shiv Sena to distract from the issue." are getting."
2. Is Shiv Sena getting stronger?
Kangana started criticizing Mumbai while doing evil to Shiv Sena and Sanjay Raut. Once he mentioned PoK and after that he called it Pakistan. This raised the issue of Mumbai's identity and it has always benefited the Shiv Sena.
The foundation of Shiv Sena rests on the politics of identity. Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has also said that if someone is cursing Mumbai then he has no right to stay in Mumbai. Raut has supported Deshmukh's statement.
For many years, the equation of Mumbai or Shiv Sena has been in the minds of the people. With this impression, Shiv Sena may get benefit in the upcoming Mumbai municipal elections. The Shiv Sena remains aggressive on the Kangana issue, and this is strengthening the Shiv Sena's equation in Mumbai.
Raut had told the BBC in his interview, "Mumbai feeds them. Mumbai gives them everything. If Mumbai was not there then we would not have Mumbai Police. If there was no industry in Mumbai then why would people come to Mumbai? People should thank Mumbai. "
3. Shiv Sena's specialty is the issue of linguistic and regional identity
Kangana commented, "Maharashtra does not belong to anyone's father. It belongs to all those who have given prestige to the pride of Maharashtra."
Sanjay Raut replied to his statement on Twitter.
Raut tweeted, "Mumbai is the land of ancestors of Marathi manoos. Those who do not agree with it, show it by bringing their fathers. Shiv Sena will ensure that we teach a lesson to such enemies of Maharashtra."
On the other hand, Kangana did Mumbai's POK, Pakistan, Babur, and Taliban.
Linguistic and regional identity has always been a sensitive issue in Maharashtra. In such a situation, Kangana's statements have allowed Shiv Sena to take an aggressive stand on them.
Senior journalist Sanjay Jog says, "Shiv Sena is trying to strengthen its position on Mumbai and Maharashtra. The party wants to take this thing aggressively among the people."
Sanjay Raut says that no one can dare to say so unless he is getting political support from behind.
He said, "Delhi has always supported anti-Maharashtra voices. There is anger and hatred against Mumbai."
4. Succeeded to distract from Corona and other issues?
Maharashtra today is grappling with issues like corona, education, employment, floods in Vidarbha, the devastation caused by the Konkan nature storm. But, regional and national media are discussing only Kangana and Shiv Sena. Will Shiv Sena benefit from keeping this issue in the center?
On September 7 and 8 in the Monsoon session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, only Kangana and Arnab went out to discuss Goswami's issues. There was no discussion on Corona and other issues. Along with Mumbai, Pune is also going through a severe corona crisis.
It was expected that there would be serious discussion on these issues in the assembly. However, the discussion remained limited to the Kangana controversy.
Sanjay Raut told BBC Marathi about this, "This dispute has been imposed on us. The opposition party should stand with the government on the issue of disrespect of Maharashtra. If it had happened then it would not have stretched the issue more than 10 minutes." When Maharashtra is being insulted, the opposition party and other parties cannot stand apart at that time. We are all children of this soil. "
Senior journalist Deepak Bhatusay says, "Whether Corona or other issues were neglected in the assembly, it cannot be said right now, but the controversies surrounding Kangana and Arnab certainly divert attention from the real issues."
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