Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday in his Gudi Padwa address played a clip and claimed that an 'illegal dargah' has come up off the Mahim coast in Mumbai. "Whose dargah it is? Is it of a fish? It was not there a couple of years ago. "If the illegal construction is not demolished immediately, then we would construct a huge Ganpati temple at the same place," Raj Thackeray warned. On Thursday, the BMC started demolishing the said structure.
The video was later shared by the Twitter handle of the MNS which said a 'new Haji Ali' is being prepared in the middle of the sea in broad daylight and yet the police and the municipality did not see it.
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The video shows an island-type small stretch near the coast with a few poles. It also captured afew people visiting the stretch wading through the seat water and offering their respect at what Raj Thackeray claimed as 'dargah'. “I want to ask the Constitution-abiding Muslims of the country: Do you condone this? I don't want to flex, but when needed I will have to do it,” Raj Thackeray said adding that the ‘illegal dargah’ is near the dargah of Makhdum Baba in Mahim.
{{/usCountry}}The video shows an island-type small stretch near the coast with a few poles. It also captured afew people visiting the stretch wading through the seat water and offering their respect at what Raj Thackeray claimed as 'dargah'. “I want to ask the Constitution-abiding Muslims of the country: Do you condone this? I don't want to flex, but when needed I will have to do it,” Raj Thackeray said adding that the ‘illegal dargah’ is near the dargah of Makhdum Baba in Mahim.
{{/usCountry}}Many social media users shared the footage that Raj Thackeray showed and some claimed Mahim's mystery dargah was even available on Google Maps.
Raj Thackeray said he liked Muslims like Javed Akhtar who speak against Pakistan. “I want people like Javed Akhtar and many more. I want Indian Muslims who speak against Pakistan and tell them our power. Javed Akhtar does that and I want Muslims like him," Raj Thackeray said.