Cracks appearing in MVA as SP decides to walk out

BABRI MASJID DEMOLITION POST BY UDDHAV'S AIDE

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MUMBAI: Dealing a blow to the Opposition unity in Maharashtra, the Samajwadi Party on Saturday said it would quit the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in the state following a post by a close aide of Uddhav Thackeray on the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.

The Samajwadi Party has two MLAs in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly where after polls BJP-led Mahayuti has formed the government. The party's move came after Sena (UBT) MLC Milind Narvekar gave a newspaper ad and hailed the demolition of the Babri Masjid on the 32nd anniversary of the incident on December 6.

"An advertisement was given by Shiv Sena (UBT) in a newspaper congratulating those who demolished Babri Masjid. His (Uddhav Thackeray) aide has also posted on X hailing the demolition of the mosque. We are quitting the MVA," Maharashtra SP unit chief Abu Azmi said.