February 2, 2010 11:36 AM

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All Indians can live in Mumbai: BJP Chief

After the Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram, the BJP President, Mr. Nitin Gadkari asserted that people from any part of India can live in Mumbai. The Party President, Mr. Nitin Gadkari said in New Delhi that all Indians have the right to settle and reside in any part of the country and this helps in strengthening the national unity and integration of the country.<br/><br/>The Home Minister, Mr. Chidambaram strongly rejected the thesis propagated by some Saffron parties including Shiv Sena and MNS. Our correspondent reports that the issue has divided the saffron brigade.<br/><br/>AIR Correspondent reports, the saffron spectrum is divided on the issue, while the Shiv Sena and the MNS are strongly advocating Mumbai for Maharashtrians, its senior partner at the national level, the BJP stand is totally against it.<br/>Though the BJP President gave a political colour to the statement by saying that it is on this pretext that the party is opposing article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir its message is clear that the party is no longer toeing the line of Shiva Sena on this delicate issue. Political observers say that this may lead to strained relations between the two saffron parties, particularly in the wake of assembly elections due in Bihar at the end of this year.

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