Mumbai, March 27: Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray will visit Jaitapur on April 9 to show solidarity with the locals protesting against the proposed nuclear power project there, party sources said today.
Besides party MPs and MLAs, Uddhav will be accompanied by senior leaders Manohar Joshi, Subhash Desai, Diwakar Raote, Sanjay Raut and Gajanan Kirtikar.
According to party sources, ever since Uddhav declared his support to the demand of locals to scrap the project, he got several invites to Jaitapur.
Locals are protesting against the proposed 10,000 MW nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district.
Uddhav has held a string of meetings with local residents and conveyed their sentiments to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, they said.
The Japan nuclear crisis has proved that the anti-nuclear stand taken by the locals comprising of farmers, fishermen is right, they added.
–Agencies