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Former Maharashtra chief minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will on Saturday visit Barsu village in the states coastal Ratnagiri district where thousands of villagers have been protesting against a proposed petrochemical refinery project..
Meanwhile, BJP leader and Union Minister Narayan Rane and his sons Nilesh and Nitesh will also visit Barsu on Saturday and meet villagers supporting the refinery project...
But I had not suggested to charge lathis, fire tear gas or bullets on the villagers and set up a refinery there, Thackeray said at a May 1 rally held in Mumbais Bandra Kurla Complex...
He should not be biased, Samant said.. Leaders from the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, including Ramdas Kadam, have been alleging that Uddhav is going to Barsu to instigate the villagers as he wants the law and order situation to be disrupted..
Subsequently, over 200 villagers who managed to enter the site, where soil testing for one of the countrys largest petrochemical refinery projects is underway, were detained and transported to Ratnagiri...
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