Fraud named Sanjay Gupta appears as spokesperson on shows: Aaditya Thackeray warns legal action against news channels

Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray has called out certain news channels for allegedly misrepresenting a selfproclaimed individual as a spokesperson for the partyIn a fiery social media post Aaditya Thackeray named a fraud named Sanjay Gupta who has been appearing on select television and YouTube channels claiming affiliation with the Shiv Sena UBTldquoDespite the Party clarifying multiple times that the crook is not a spokesperson and has nothing to do with the party these selected channels call him on their shows as our lsquospokespersonrsquo or lsquosupporterrsquordquo Thackeray statedWe will be taking legal action against this It is shameful that a few YouTube channels and channels need such crooks for their own TRPs he addedAaditya ridicules MoUs signed by Maharashtra govt at Davos says only 11 of 54 firms are foreignShiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday said only 11 of the 54 companies with which the Maharashtra government signed MoUs in Davos during the World Economic Forum are from abroad while the remaining 43 are IndianAddressing a press conference Thackeray said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis could have balanced the signing of Memorandums of Understanding with meetings with heads of state and federal governments as well as social entrepreneurs instead of spending Rs 2025 crore on the Davos tripLet me assure you there is no other place in the world like Davos for global networking especially for an industrial and progressive state like Maharashtra he said adding that people must not be fooled by public relations exercises over the MoUsIn total MoUs have been signed with 54 companies across the board in Davos by the Government of Maharashtra Of these 43 companies are Indian while 11 are foreign companies Of the 43 companies 31 are located in Maharashtra Thackeray pointed outAccording to the state government 61 MoUs have been signed during the World Economic Forum entailing an investment of Rs 1570 lakh crore which could potentially create 16 lakh jobsThe CMs staff and office misaligned his programme and somewhere ensured that this trip was mired with the MoUs signed Thackeray claimedSuch MoUs could have been signed at the Magnetic Maharashtra event which incidentally has not been held for the past two years the Shiv Sena UBT leader further saidWhy has the state government not organised Magnetic Maharashtra to attract investments when others like Gujarat Assam Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are holding such events he askedMany of the MoUs signed at Davos especially the ones with realtors were not necessary because they had already bought land and the investment would have come any which way Thackeray claimedTaking a dig at what he claimed were laughable MoUs the Shiv Sena UBT leader said Next time even road contractors will be taken to DavosHe slammed state minister Uday Samant for reaching Davos late and coming back to India earlySamant was not even present during the inauguration of the Maharashtra Pavilion at Davos Thackeray saidThackeray ridiculed Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde by saying the latter was not in the delegation to Davos despite MMRDA and CIDCO which are part of his Urban Development portfolio being involved in some of the MoUs signedWith inputs from Agencies