Miles away, in Jogeshwari, a packed suburb of Mumbai, first-time Sena MLA Ravindra Waikar is at work in the new culture. Jogeshwari is where some huts of Hindu families were set ablaze in January 1993, a month after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Five women and a man died, and the murders set off an orgy of violence in what was then Bombay. For two weeks, the Sainiks targeted Muslims across Mumbai in the infamous Bombay riots. Jogeshwari was a hub of the unemployed and a catchment area for angry Sena cadre. It used to be a dirty, miserable part of Mumbai.
Now, a new Jogeshwari is coming up. Waikar has been a municipal corporator four times and won the last election to the Assembly from Jogeshwari East. “Look at this. Can you believe it is the same Jogeshwari,” he says. There are three huge and neatly trimmed parks named after the then Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare, the then Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte, and top cop Vijay Salaskar — all of whom were killed in the 26/11 attack on Mumbai.
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Miles away, in Jogeshwari, a packed suburb of Mumbai, first-time Sena MLA Ravindra Waikar is at work in the new culture. Jogeshwari is where some huts of Hindu families were set ablaze in January 1993, a month after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Five women and a man died, and the murders set off an orgy of violence in what was then Bombay. For two weeks, the Sainiks targeted Muslims across Mumbai in the infamous Bombay riots. Jogeshwari was a hub of the unemployed and a catchment area for angry Sena cadre. It used to be a dirty, miserable part of Mumbai.
Now, a new Jogeshwari is coming up. Waikar has been a municipal corporator four times and won the last election to the Assembly from Jogeshwari East. “Look at this. Can you believe it is the same Jogeshwari,” he says. There are three huge and neatly trimmed parks named after the then Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare, the then Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte, and top cop Vijay Salaskar — all of whom were killed in the 26/11 attack on Mumbai.
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Will shiv sena nd mns merge in future?
At present not sure. But anything can happen after non presence of shri. Balasaheb Thakare.