Agitated Shiv Sena activists ransack Manohar Joshi's house.Byline: ANI Mumbai, Sep 20 (ANI): Senior Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi's house was ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. here on Sunday by some party workers who were agitated over the neglect of their favourite local leader during ticket allocation for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. According to sources the outrage was over demand of ticket to dadar constituencies sitting MLA MLA abbr. Modern Language Association MLA n abbr (BRIT POL) (= Member of the Legislative Assembly) → miembro de la asamblea legislativa MLA (Brit for upcoming assembly polls. Joshi was not present in the house when ransack ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. took place, no one was hurt in the incident. The resentment was also triggered among some Shivsainiks over seat-sharing formula with the Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata party (bär`ətēə jän`ətə) [Hindi,=Indian People's party] (BJP), Indian political party that espouses Hindu nationalism. (BJP) for the upcoming Maharashtra polls too sparked the attack, sources added. On Saturday, both the parties announced the seat sharing formula accordingly BJP will contest for 119 seats and Shiv Sena to 169 for 298 seats in the State Assembly polls. The election to the Maharashtra Assembly will be held on October 13 along with Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana. (ANI) Copyright E 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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