Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray visited Mulund East on Saturday and slammed the BJP for handing over open spaces to private parties. He inspected the area’s open spaces and voiced his opposition to the proposal to change the reservation of a 40,000-square-foot plot earmarked for a sports complex.
“Although a plot opposite Orchid International School is reserved for a fuel station, the adjacent plot, which is reserved for a sports facility, is being sought by a private fuel company.
We will not allow the reservation to be changed under any circumstances,” Thackeray said.
BJP MLA from Mulund Mihir Kotecha refuted Thackeray’s allegations, calling them baseless and advising him to do some homework before speaking. After two years of effort, there will finally be a petrol pump here. He alleged that the government is keen to hand over 22 BEST depots, two plots in Mulund, the Neville D’Souza football ground in Bandra, and open spaces in the Andheri-Juhu area to these organisations. “There has been a demand for a petrol pump in the area for the last 50 years. A sports complex spread over 1.5 acres is going to be developed about 400 feet away, while the 10-acre-plus Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Garden is also nearby.
Continuing his tirade, Thackeray accused the BJP-led government of changing reservations on open spaces to benefit BJP-linked organisations, adding that 17-18 open grounds in Mumbai had been “taken away” over the past four years. Yet, Aaditya Thackeray is upset,” Kotecha said.
