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“The Thane elected representatives from the Shiv Sena seem to be openly holding meeting and assigning other projects to an agency that is accused by its own Mayor. “Considering that most of the ruling party members are devotees of the goddess, we will be appealing to the deity installed at few mandals in the city to instill a sense of well-being in the rulers and help stop this wastage of public money.”A group of residents from the Tikujiniwadi area has already written to the municipal commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal seeking an inquiry in the alleged road repair scam unearthed by them few weeks back. This shows that the party has scant regard for the residents and their hard earned money,” said BJP corporator Milind Patankar.Not to be left behind, corporator Najib Mulla from the NCP has also put the BJP and the Sena that are in power at the state in a spot raising questions over how the local civic administration was seemingly trampling on the rule book to execute a state announced tree plantation initiative in Thane. Whiles netas managed to expose some violations, alert residents also did their part in uncovering some inadequacies of the administration recently.The residents have now put out a message, though in individual capacities, that they will not entertain further scams and intebd to sent across a strong message to the netas to buckle up.A motley group of activists assembled under the banner of the Thane Matadata Jagran Manch have planned a peaceful protest next week where they will symbolically pray to the goddess for the welfare of the society. Another activist from the city has also sought information under the RTI about road repair expenses by the administration after written queries proved futile.Meanwhile, the opposition NCP and the BJP not to be seen siding with the alleged instances of misappropriation have also stepped up the heat on the ruling Shiv Sena for keeping mum over the alleged irregularities which were brought to to the notice of the House as well recently.The parties have openly questioned the Shiv Sena for allegedly aiding with the contractor who has been accused of fudging bills in a garden makeover project..