He added that 60 more are expected to be added to the chain in a month. They can avail of loans up to ₹ 50,000 under PM Mudra Yojana,” said Pratik Karpe, Mumbai secretary of BJP. The stalls are being given to those seeking self-employment. “This is a part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat credo. The present initiative is seen as the party’s bid to gain political momentum in the forthcoming elections. Likewise, the Atmanirbhar Chaha stalls are operating without licence from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief JP Nadda, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and leaders such as Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Ashish Shelar plastered on the shop fronts. Most of the shops were unauthorised but it was an attempt by the party to strengthen its roots in the city. The idea is reminiscent of Shiv Sena facilitating vada pav stalls in crowded places to unemployed youth, soon after the party was founded in 1966. ![]() Forty-six stalls are already operational and the party aims to expand the number to 400. The chain of shops, titled Atmanirbhar Chaha, will sell small eats apart from the beverage of choice. Not even the great Reggie Jackson can fix this mess.Mumbai: The city unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decided to latch on to the national buzzword ‘atmanirbhar’ and set about allocating tea stalls to party workers and the unemployed in the city recently. And the team’s 4-16 record currently ties the Kansas City Royals for worst in the league. This season, the A’s have the lowest payroll in the majors at around $60 million. ![]() It’s gotten so bad there are actually possums living in the broadcast booths.īut it’s not going so well on the field, either. Last year, the team averaged less than 10,000 fans per game - MLB’s lowest attendance. The A’s still play at Oakland Coliseum, which opened in 1966. I always thought they bought the team to try to keep it there.” “So, you have to go whether you want to stay or not. “No matter how wealthy you are, you can’t continue to lose money every year, Jackson said. “In the same sentence, I think the Fishers did their best trying to get something done.” Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)īut it’s just not working out there in Oakland. “Bud didn’t give me the team, and I think we could’ve gotten something done in Oakland,” Jackson said. But then-commissioner Bud Selig blocked the deal. Jackson recently claimed he tried to buy the team with Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen and former Vancouver Canucks owner John McCaw in the early 2000s. A 14-time MLB All-Star, Jackson won five World Series rings, including three with the A’s. He played for the club for nine seasons from 1967 to 1975 and was named AL MVP in 1973. ![]() Jackson was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in 1966. They lost all three of them.” Reggie Jackson is an Oakland A’s legend. You’ve got to keep the team for the benefit of the city. This move comes just three years after the Raiders moved to Sin City and four years after the Warriors slipped across the bay to San Francisco. The A’s reached an agreement to buy 49 acres of land on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip, and the plan is to build a new stadium that will seat 30,000 fans and cost $1.5 billion. What the hell’s wrong with you? You can’t see that coming?” (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) “The city, I thought, really needed to do something. “You’re going to lose the team,” Jackson said. And A’s legend Reggie Jackson isn’t happy about it.ĭuring a conversation with Sportico Thursday, Jackson ripped the City of Oakland for their inability to keep the A’s and - well - every sports team in the town. The Oakland Athletics are packing their bags for Las Vegas.
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