Nagpur, Dec 13 (IANS) Maharashtra’s opposition, Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT), on Saturday alleged that the rights and interests of the Marathi people are being undermined by the government, led by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

“The Fadnavis-Shinde government has reduced the Marathi people’s status to that of a ‘doormat’ and is now applying the balm of ‘Pagdi-mukta’ (Pagdi-free) Mumbai. This is hypocrisy. The real problem in Mumbai is that Marathi people are denied housing, and (Union Home Minister Amit) Shah, Shinde, Fadnavis and some cronies are the masterminds behind this,” it said in a hard-hitting editorial in the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.

It targeted DCM Shinde over his announcement of Mumbai to be made pagadi-free through

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