Who Is Navneet Rana? MP Decides To Chant Hanuman Chalisa Outside Matoshree

Shiv Sena has staged a massive protest outside the Mumbai residence of MP Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi Rana. Ravi has also claimed that their house in Amravati was also attacked while their children were still inside. He warned that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will be held responsible if his family is hurt.

His comment was followed by a massive protest by Shiv Sena members outside the MP-MLA couple’s residence to oppose their plan to chant the Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree—the residence of Uddhav Thackeray.

The workers did not only protest outside their residences, they broke barricades and also threatened them with dire consequences if they go ahead with their plan. Reportedly, the couple arrived in Mumbai on Friday, April 22 and the party members protested outside their Khar residence. Police said that the couple will be held responsible if the law-and-order situation is disturbed since the couple was served notice to not protest outside Matoshree.

The Ranas had earlier announced they would go to Matoshree—CM Thackeray’s private residence—on April 23, Saturday at 9 am and chant Hanuman Chalisa to mark their protest. Navneet Rana said Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is at his post because of Hindutva but he has left his ideology now.

The Ranas arrived in Mumbai on Friday morning. Since then, Shiv Sena workers have gathered at various locations in Mumbai, including Matoshree, daring the Rana couple to venture near Matoshree.

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Who Is Navneet Rana?

• Navneet Kaur Rana or Navneet Ravi Rana is an actor-turned-politician who is elected Member of Parliament from the Amravati constituency and has been incumbent since the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections as an independent candidate with political support of Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party who were once against then partnered allies Shiv Sena and BJP.
• Kaur who was born into a Punjabi family and brought up in Mumbai started working as a model after she finished Class 12. She first appeared in the Kannada film Darshan and later debuted in Telugu Film Industry with Seenu Vasanthi. She went on to star in many films later.
• Navneet stopped appearing in films after her marriage to politician Ravi Rana. Navneet’s political career also received a boost because of Ravi. Although she earlier contested for Lok Sabha elections in 2014 on an NCP ticket, she lost to BJP’s Anandrao Adsul.
• She was elected as MP from Amravati in 2019 as an Independent Candidate which was a huge victory.
• Navneet Rana was fined last year by the Bombay High Court for submitting a fake caste certificate. The court had ordered her to pay a Rs 2 lakh fine and also cancelled her caste certificate. No comment was made on the validity of her position as MP from Amravati, a Lok Sabha seat reserved for people from the Scheduled Caste category.