Political independence of Marathi Ekikaran Samiti under lens?

The pro-Marathi group, formed in 2017 and claiming 22,000 members, is led by ex-MNS functionaries who maintain it has no political affiliation; acknowledging this past, 43-year-old entrepreneur and MES General Secretary, Krishna Jadhav, claimed that no one from the Samiti has any affiliation with any political party