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Fadnavis Mocks Uddhav, Raj Thackeray as 'Ghajinis' Over Mumbai Protest
- •Devendra Fadnavis criticized Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray's joint protest in Mumbai, calling it an attempt to regain lost political ground.
- •Fadnavis mocked the Thackeray cousins as "Ghajinis," referencing the Bollywood character known for memory loss, due to their claims about the 2024 elections.
- •He highlighted that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar joined in 2025 and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in 2026, making their claims about the 2024 elections chronologically impossible.
- •The protest, the 'Virat Garjana Morcha,' saw Uddhav and Raj Thackeray unite to demand the removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of Maharashtra's electoral roll revision.
- •An FIR was filed against the protest organizers for allegedly conducting the march without police permission and violating prohibitory orders in South Mumbai.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis mocked the Thackeray cousins as "Ghajinis"—referencing the Bollywood character known for memory loss—because their joint protest march blamed the 2024 elections on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of 2026 and a Chief Election Commissioner who took office in 2025, which defies basic chronology and facts.
Led by Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, the Virat Garjana Morcha in south Mumbai demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra, while also calling for elections to be conducted using ballot papers instead of electronic voting machines.
Mumbai Police registered an FIR at the Azad Maidan police station against the march organisers because the demonstration was conducted without obtaining the required police permission and violated prohibitory orders in South Mumbai.
