Maharashtra Minister of Environment and Tourism Aaditya Thackeray, a target of the trolls who ran the ‘Justice for Sushant’ campaign on social media, will be Shiv Sena’s star activist in the Bihar assembly elections alongside the Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Thackeray’s scion was attacked on social media platforms, dubbed and connected to the alleged suicide death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra also indirectly referred to “a young minister close to movie stars.”
The 30-year-old minister issued a statement calling the trolling “dirty politics” “born of” frustration “and a” smear campaign against the Thackeray family. ”
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Aaditya Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray are expected to hold virtual rallies to campaign for the party. The Sena is expected to compete around 50 seats in the three-phase elections that will begin on October 28.
Uddhav ji and Aaditya Thackeray are the star activists of the Seine. Considering the situation at the moment, they will hold virtual demonstrations, as various leaders are doing today, ”said a senior Shiv Sena leader who did not want to be named. Sena leader Sanjay Raut will also campaign in Bihar alongside some key faces, he added.
In addition to the Thackeray and Raut, Rajya Sabha MPs Anil Desai and Priyanka Chaturvedi are on the list of star activists. Lok Sabha MPs Arvind Sawant, Krupal Tumane and Vinayak Raut along with former MP Chandrakant Khaire and state ministers Subhash Desai, Gulabrao Patil are on the list.
The Sena has also listed leaders with a connection to northern India, including Rajkumar Bafna of Rajasthan and Yograj Sharma of the Punjab unit of the Sena.
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