Mumbai: The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has slammed the Mahayuti authorities for allegedly stealing credit score for its efforts to mild up the landmark Shivaji Park throughout Diwali, which has grown to be a very talked-about sight amongst Mumbai’s residents.

The criticism follows a social media put up by the Maharashtra tourism division in regards to the Shivaji Park ‘Deepotsav,’ with none point out of the MNS or Raj Thackeray.

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The put up additional provides particulars of how this ‘Deepotsav,’ which includes grand lights throughout Shivaji Park and a fireworks show will likely be on from 17 October to 22 October.

On Wednesday, the MNS sharply reacted to the put up saying the get together has been organising Deepotsav for a number of years, letting it’s “utterly non-political” and solely “to deliver pleasure to folks.”

“Nonetheless, it was significantly stunning when a division of the Maharashtra authorities marketed this Deepotsav as if it had been their very own initiative. If they’d given even a small quantity of credit score to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, we’d have actually been delighted, and it will have mirrored the federal government’s magnanimity,” it stated on ‘X’.

“However it’s evident that the ruling get together’s strategy is to assert that your leaders are our leaders, your get together is our get together. However we by no means imagined that the federal government would go as far as to assert others’ good programmes as their very own.”

महाराष्ट्र पर्यटन विभागाने त्यांच्या एक्स हॅण्डलवरून, मुंबईतील शिवाजी पार्क मैदानावरील ‘दीपोत्सवाची’ काही क्षणचित्रं दाखवून पुढे हा अनुभव घ्यायला या असं मुंबई आणि मुंबई बाहेरील पर्यटकांना असं आवाहन केलं आहे… दिवाळी हा हिंदूंचा सगळ्यात मोठा सण आणि या सणाच्या निमित्ताने गेली १३… https://t.co/EAC3vLlH1p

— MNS Adhikrut – मनसे अधिकृत (@mnsadhikrut) October 22, 2025

The Mahayuti authorities includes the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP), the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP).

MNS chief Avinash Abhyankar criticised the Maharashtra authorities for giving out flawed details about the ‘Deepotsav’ dates.

“Don’t give out false data. The fireworks show is from seventeenth to twenty sixth October, not twenty second. As a result of it’s Diwali, we’re not giving them a becoming reply, in any other case we’d have responded to this in their very own language,” he advised reporters.

Tourism minister Shambhuraj Desai, a frontrunner from the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, didn’t reply to ThePrint’s name for a remark. This text will likely be up to date as and when a response is obtained.