{"id":340645,"date":"2023-07-02T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T07:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/02\/if-there-was-pressure-i-would-aaditya-thackeray-aide-on-sena-switch\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T07:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T07:21:00","slug":"if-there-was-pressure-i-would-aaditya-thackeray-aide-on-sena-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/02\/if-there-was-pressure-i-would-aaditya-thackeray-aide-on-sena-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If There Was Pressure, I Would&#8230;&#8221;: Aaditya Thackeray Aide On Sena Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-07\/rkempqok_rahul-kanal_625x300_02_July_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"&quot;Took Me 4 Months To Get In Touch&quot;: Aaditya Thackeray Aide On Sena Switch\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"&quot;Took Me 4 Months To Get In Touch&quot;: Aaditya Thackeray Aide On Sena Switch\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Took Me 4 Months To Get In Touch&quot;: Aaditya Thackeray Aide On Sena Switch\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-07\/rkempqok_rahul-kanal_625x300_02_July_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-07-02T12:51:01+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=709036&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/02072023_n_RaulKanalTictac_94863_55933_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T2M00S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-07\/rkempqok_rahul-kanal_625x300_02_July_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=709036&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Rahul Kanal quit the Uddhav Thackeray faction yesterday and joined Shiv Sena.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Mumbai: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a setback to the faction led by Uddhav Thackeray, a key leader Rahul Kanal quit the party and joined the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday. Rahul Kanal was considered to be a close aide of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kanal, who was raided by the Income Tax department last year, was part of the core committee of Aaditya Thackeray-led Yuva Sena.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining his decision to quit the faction, Mr Kanal said that there was no pressure on him to join the Shiv Sena.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some claim my name is involved in corruption, but if there would have been any pressure against me, I would have joined long back,&#8221; Mr Kanal told NDTV.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He also said that he would quit politics if any of the corruption charges against him were proven.<\/p>\n<p>On his association with Aaditya Thackeray, Mr Kanal claimed that it took him months to get the attention of the leader.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been trying to speak to him for the last 4 months since I quit the Yuva Sena group because there were issues. But despite that, no one tried to contact me,&#8221; Mr Kanal said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People call me a close aide of Aaditya Thackeray but it took me 4 months to get in touch with him. I don&#8217;t know what common people would have to face,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Shiv Sena, which was then led by Uddhav Thackeray, was splintered into two factions after Mr Shinde, then a minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, triggered a rebellion in the ranks.<\/p>\n<p>The Thackeray government eventually fell and the Shinde camp, with the support of the BJP, came to power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/aaditya-thackeray-aide-explains-joining-shiv-sena-took-me-4-months-to-get-in-touch-rahul-kanal-on-sena-switch-4170405\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Rahul Kanal quit the Uddhav Thackeray faction yesterday and joined Shiv Sena. Mumbai: In a setback to the faction led by Uddhav Thackeray, a key leader Rahul Kanal quit the party and joined the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday. 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