Shiv Sena jabs CM Fadnavis over Aarey forest row

Mumbai: The BJP and the Shiv Sena – alliance partners at both the centre and the state of Maharashtra – seem to have locked horns over the proposed metro shed in Aarey forest area.
Attacking Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for backing the metro shed, Shiv Sena senior leader and Rajya Sabha lawmaker Sanjay Raut on Saturday morning posted a cartoon in which the BJP leader is blindfolding Lady Justice with a strip of cloth which reads, “Arey not a forest.” pic.twitter.com/3lHN3JqJCQ — Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) October 5, 2019 Protests erupted on Friday at Aarey forest area after the Bombay High Court dismissed all petitions against the proposed cutting down of over 2,500 trees in Aarey Colony of Mumbai to make way for a Metro car shed and refused to declare the colony as a forest.
Party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s son and Youth President Aaditya Thackeray asked Mumbai Metro to listen to sensible demands of sustainable development.
“A project that should be executed with pride, the Metro 3, @MumbaiMetro3 has to do it in the cover of the night, with shame, slyness and heavy cop cover. The project supposed to get Mumbai clean air, is hacking down a forest with a leopard, rusty spotted cat and more,” he tweeted.
“The ShivSena’s sheetalmhatre1 ji & Shubha Raul ji at Aarey. Even Prabhu Suneel ji has been standing up for it with the citizens. Wonder why MumbaiMetro3 is treating Mumbaikars like criminals and not listening to sensible demand of sustainable development,” Thackeray said in another tweet.