‘Painful, embarrassing for Maharashtra’: BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis decries arrest of Rana couple

By way of PTI

MUMBAI BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday referred to as the arrest of MP Navneet Rana and her husband and MLA Ravi Rana by way of Mumbai Police “painful” and “embarrassing” for Maharashtra.

He additionally stated the police didn’t act when a pacesetter of the ruling Shiv Sena made threatening statements or the automobile of a BJP chief was once attacked, however arrested the Ranas after they arrived in Mumbai to recite the Hanuman Chalisa out of doors Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s space.

In a chain of tweets, Fadnavis stated, “The incidents in Maharashtra are painful. No FIR was once filed when Mohit Kamboj’s automobile was once attacked or when a pacesetter talks about burying a lady consultant 20 toes below the bottom. But if the Rana couple involves Mumbai to recite Hanuman Chalisa, they’re straight away arrested.”

इतकी दंडुकेशाही 
इतका अहंकार
इतका द्वेष
सत्तेचा इतका माज
सरकारच करणार हिंसाचार
एवढीच तुमची मदुर्मक

सत्तेच्या मस्तीत कसेही वागून घ्या
पण, जनता सारे काही पाहते आहे !
निव्वळ लज्जास्पद

लोकशाहीत मत मांडण्याचा अधिकार संपला?
लोकशाहीचे गार्‍हाणे गाणारे आज सोयीस्कर गप्प का?

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) April 23, 2022

Kamboj, a Mumbai BJP chief, had claimed on Friday that his automotive was once attacked close to Matoshree, Leader Minister Thackeray’s non-public place of abode. Sena chief Raut stated previous on Saturday, with out naming anyone, that any one who attempted to check the persistence of his birthday celebration could be “buried 20 toes underneath the earth”.

“Why is there such a lot conceitedness of energy? It’s the state govt this is instigating violence. Is your manhood restricted to such behaviour,” Fadnavis, a former leader minister tweeted. “It’s an utter embarrassment for the state to witness this type of deficient display. All this is going on sooner than the folks,” he added.

He additionally requested if the arrest indicated that “other folks have misplaced their proper to specific their perspectives”, and why those that talk about democratic values have been “selectively silent”. Previous within the day, talking in Nagpur, Fadnavis stated the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra govt’s means of dealing with all of the episode was once “very infantile”.

“If allowed, the Rana couple would have long gone there (Matoshree), recited Hanuman Chalisa and returned with out developing any information. I do not perceive why such a lot of other folks had collected at a number of puts as though they (Rana couple) have been making plans some assault. What sort of politics is that this?” the BJP chief stated.

Mumbai Police on Saturday night time arrested MLA Ravi Rana and his spouse, MP Navneet Rana, each Impartial legislators from jap Maharashtra, for allegedly “developing enmity between other teams” after escorting them out in their space in suburban Khar amid top drama.

The advance got here hours after the couple cancelled their plan to recite the Hanuman Chalisa out of doors Uddhav Thackeray’s non-public place of abode ‘Matoshree’ right here.