MH-ULHASNAGAR-SENA

Maha: Local Sena leaders oppose name change for Ulhasnagar
    Thane, Oct 13 (PTI) The Kalyan unit of the Shiv Sena
will oppose any plan of the Maharashtra government to rename
Ulhasnagar township in Thane district as "Sindhu Nagar", a
local leader said on Sunday.
    Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had reportedly said
at a rally in Ulhasnagar a couple of days ago that a metro
line being built till Kalyan would be extended to Ulhasnagar
and the metro station would be called Sindhu Nagar.
    Ulhasnagar, a major hub of small industrial and
business units, has a large Sindhi population and there have
been demands earlier to name the township as Sindhu Nagar.
    The town gets its name from Ulhas river, a westward
flowing perennial water body which originates in the Sahyadari
hill ranges of Ulhas valley near Udhewadi in Mawal taluka in
Pune district.
    President of the Sena's Kalyan unit, Gopal Langde,
said his party will oppose the proposed name change and wanted
its ally BJP to clarify.
    Kumar Ailani is the BJP's candidate for the Ulhasnagar
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