Mumbai, Nov 2 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday slammed the BJP-led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for removing a video of its eco-friendly Diwali campaign featuring actor Dia Mirza from its social media handle.
The BJP can’t run a government at any level, the Worli MLA further said.
In a post on X, Thackeray, without naming Mirza, said the BMC asks a person to make a video with an official letter and the person makes the video and posts it. An MLA of the ruling regime (BJP Mumbai president Ameet Satam), wanting attention, asks the BMC to remove it.
“The mayor, who is blissfully unaware of the municipal corporation’s actions, expresses rage over it. The video is taken down. The deputy mayor (of the Shiv Sena) from the ruling regime says there was nothing wrong with the video.
Each time there’s controversy, the mayor says she didn’t know — right from the red beacon of her car to Rs 5 crore expenditure on her residence to the video by the social media team of the civic body,” Thackeray said.
“Show me one city in India, in the lost decade of India- run by BJP, that has progressed. Fact is: they can’t run any government at any level, thus they try to make it into a regime!” Thackeray said.
The BMC had appealed to citizens to avoid bursting firecrackers and celebrate an environment-friendly Diwali following a Bombay High Court directive amid rising air pollution in the city. As part of the campaign, the civic body roped in several celebrities, including Mirza.
While her clip urging people to avoid noise and air pollution was removed on Sunday, campaign videos featuring actors Madhuri Dixit and Nishigandha Wad, as well as cricketer Ajinkya Rahane, have been retained on the BMC’s X and Instagram pages.
Within hours of BJP Mumbai chief Ameet Satam’s comment, the civic body led by Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide removed Mirza’s video from its social media pages.
(PTI News)
