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On Camera, Woman Slapped, Pushed By Raj Thackeray’s Party Leader In Mumbai

A woman being assaulted in Mumba Devi area of Mumbai. (Video grab)Mumbai: A video showing a woman being pushed and slapped by activists of Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) in Mumbai has gone viral. The woman, Prakash Devi, had objected to a pole being installed for publicity boards by the MNS men, led by Vinod Argile, on August 28. In the video, some people are seen pulling Mr Argile away but he persists with the assault, slapping, shoving, pushing her, at which she falls on the street. Passers-by do not interfere, shows the 80-second clip. The party workers were installing bamboo poles in the Mumba Devi area — famous for its temple — but Prakash Devi told them not to install one in front of her medicine shop.She later said that not only was she physically assaulted but ...
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Maharashtra BJP Chief Meets Raj Thackeray In Mumbai

The Maharashtra BJP chief reached Raj Thackeray's residence around noon.Mumbai:  Amid speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to woo Maharashtra Navnirman Sena ahead of Mumbai civic polls, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday met MNS president Raj Thackeray at the latter's residence in Mumbai.Mr Bawankule reached the MNS chief's residence 'Shivtirth' in Dadar's Shivaji Park area around noon. The BJP leader didn't speak to reporters but later said in a social media post that he had discussed various social and political issues related to Maharashtra and the country with Raj Thackeray.A day earlier, another BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde had met Raj Thackeray.The BJP, which had won 82 seats in the 227-member Brihanmumbai Municipal Corpo...