By PTI
MUMBAI: The BJP and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Saturday shared an image and video of one another’s leaders with a `relative’ of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.
BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar circulated a video claiming that it confirmed one Rauf Memon, Yakub’s relative, attending a gathering with Sena chief and former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar.
Uddhav Thackeray’s aide Harshal Pradhan hit again by sharing {a photograph} purportedly displaying the identical Rauf Memon with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrakant Patil.
Earlier this week, the BJP had claimed that Yakub Memon’s grave was beautified when the coalition authorities led by Uddhav Thackeray was in energy in Maharashtra, a cost rejected by the Shiv Sena.
Yakub Memon, one of many Memon brothers who have been prime conspirators of the 1993 serial blasts, was hanged in 2015 following his conviction.
the Sena leaders maintained that the occasion and the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities had nothing to do with it and that it was being dragged into the problem unnecessarily.
As the row erupted over the problem, Mumbai police swung into motion on Thursday, eradicating the LED lights put across the grave of the fear convict, who was hanged at Nagpur jail in 2015 and buried on the Bada Qabrastan in south Mumbai.
A DCP-level police officer will probe how the LED lights and marble tiles got here to “adorn” the fear convict’s grave, an official mentioned.
With some Maharashtra BJP leaders focusing on the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, the latter mentioned the entire situation was an try and divert folks’s consideration from extra vital points like inflation and unemployment.
State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule mentioned Thackeray ought to apologise to the folks of Mumbai and Maharashtra for this “beautification” try of the grave of an individual liable for killing 250 folks.
An area BJP chief mentioned Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also needs to apologise over the problem.
A police official mentioned halogen lights have been put in within the Bada Qabrastan on the event of Badi Raat (Shab-e-Barat) and have been eliminated by the Qabrastan trustees.
Shab-e-Barat is a serious celebration for the Muslim group is often known as the night time of fortune and forgiveness.
The marble tiles round Memon’s grave have been put up three years in the past, he mentioned.
There are 13 different graves on the place, he added.
The Shiv Sena mentioned the earlier Uddhav Thackeray-led authorities had nothing to do with the beautification of the grave of Memon, who was hanged on July 30, 2015 for his position within the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts.
Shiv Sena MP from Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency, Arvind Sawant, informed reporters that the Bada Qabrastan, the place the grave is positioned, is a personal property and the state authorities doesn’t have something to do with it.
“Why drag the Shiv Sena into this issue? This is nothing but an attempt to divert people’s attention from serious issues facing the country. It is also an attempt to create communal tension in the society,” he alleged.
Sawant sought to know why the physique of Memon was handed over to his kin after he was hanged by the then BJP-led authorities on the Centre and state.
“America gave Osama bin Laden a burial at sea. The body of 26/11 terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab was also not handed over to his kin,” he identified.
Asserting that his occasion had nothing to do with the problem and the controversy it’s producing, Sawant demanded a probe into the beautification.
Shiv Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray accused the BJP of attempting to disrupt peace forward of the civic polls in Mumbai by creating an issue over the grave of Memon.
Talking to reporters, Thackeray mentioned the BJP ought to first reply why Memon’s physique was allowed to be buried after execution in 2015.
He mentioned the Baba Qabrastan the place Memon was buried is a personal belief and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had no position in it.
“Raking up this issue is a tactic to disrupt peace ahead of the civic polls,” the previous state minister mentioned.
Meanwhile, speaking to reporters in Pimpri Chinchwad close to Pune, Leader of Opposition within the state Assembly Ajit Pawar claimed that the problem was being raked as much as divert the eye of individuals from unemployment and inflation.
Replying to a query over the controversy, Pawar mentioned that such issues a couple of ‘deshdrohi’ (traitor) shouldn’t occur within the nation.
Asked concerning the BJP holding the MVA authorities liable for this beautification try of the grave, Pawar mentioned, “For several years, BJP was with Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and because of Shiv Sena that BJP could reach the rural areas.”
“Be it any government, no one will want such things to happen during their tenure. Currently, to divert the people’s attention from inflation and unemployment, such issues are being raked up. Since they have their government in the Centre as well as in the state, they should find out who did this and punish those who are responsible,” the senior NCP chief mentioned.
MUMBAI: The BJP and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Saturday shared an image and video of one another’s leaders with a `relative’ of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.
BJP MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar circulated a video claiming that it confirmed one Rauf Memon, Yakub’s relative, attending a gathering with Sena chief and former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar.
Uddhav Thackeray’s aide Harshal Pradhan hit again by sharing {a photograph} purportedly displaying the identical Rauf Memon with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrakant Patil.
Earlier this week, the BJP had claimed that Yakub Memon’s grave was beautified when the coalition authorities led by Uddhav Thackeray was in energy in Maharashtra, a cost rejected by the Shiv Sena.
Yakub Memon, one of many Memon brothers who have been prime conspirators of the 1993 serial blasts, was hanged in 2015 following his conviction.
the Sena leaders maintained that the occasion and the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities had nothing to do with it and that it was being dragged into the problem unnecessarily.
As the row erupted over the problem, Mumbai police swung into motion on Thursday, eradicating the LED lights put across the grave of the fear convict, who was hanged at Nagpur jail in 2015 and buried on the Bada Qabrastan in south Mumbai.
A DCP-level police officer will probe how the LED lights and marble tiles got here to “adorn” the fear convict’s grave, an official mentioned.
With some Maharashtra BJP leaders focusing on the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, the latter mentioned the entire situation was an try and divert folks’s consideration from extra vital points like inflation and unemployment.
State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule mentioned Thackeray ought to apologise to the folks of Mumbai and Maharashtra for this “beautification” try of the grave of an individual liable for killing 250 folks.
An area BJP chief mentioned Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also needs to apologise over the problem.
A police official mentioned halogen lights have been put in within the Bada Qabrastan on the event of Badi Raat (Shab-e-Barat) and have been eliminated by the Qabrastan trustees.
Shab-e-Barat is a serious celebration for the Muslim group is often known as the night time of fortune and forgiveness.
The marble tiles round Memon’s grave have been put up three years in the past, he mentioned.
There are 13 different graves on the place, he added.
The Shiv Sena mentioned the earlier Uddhav Thackeray-led authorities had nothing to do with the beautification of the grave of Memon, who was hanged on July 30, 2015 for his position within the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts.
Shiv Sena MP from Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency, Arvind Sawant, informed reporters that the Bada Qabrastan, the place the grave is positioned, is a personal property and the state authorities doesn’t have something to do with it.
“Why drag the Shiv Sena into this issue? This is nothing but an attempt to divert people’s attention from serious issues facing the country. It is also an attempt to create communal tension in the society,” he alleged.
Sawant sought to know why the physique of Memon was handed over to his kin after he was hanged by the then BJP-led authorities on the Centre and state.
“America gave Osama bin Laden a burial at sea. The body of 26/11 terror attacks convict Ajmal Kasab was also not handed over to his kin,” he identified.
Asserting that his occasion had nothing to do with the problem and the controversy it’s producing, Sawant demanded a probe into the beautification.
Shiv Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray accused the BJP of attempting to disrupt peace forward of the civic polls in Mumbai by creating an issue over the grave of Memon.
Talking to reporters, Thackeray mentioned the BJP ought to first reply why Memon’s physique was allowed to be buried after execution in 2015.
He mentioned the Baba Qabrastan the place Memon was buried is a personal belief and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had no position in it.
“Raking up this issue is a tactic to disrupt peace ahead of the civic polls,” the previous state minister mentioned.
Meanwhile, speaking to reporters in Pimpri Chinchwad close to Pune, Leader of Opposition within the state Assembly Ajit Pawar claimed that the problem was being raked as much as divert the eye of individuals from unemployment and inflation.
Replying to a query over the controversy, Pawar mentioned that such issues a couple of ‘deshdrohi’ (traitor) shouldn’t occur within the nation.
Asked concerning the BJP holding the MVA authorities liable for this beautification try of the grave, Pawar mentioned, “For several years, BJP was with Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and because of Shiv Sena that BJP could reach the rural areas.”
“Be it any government, no one will want such things to happen during their tenure. Currently, to divert the people’s attention from inflation and unemployment, such issues are being raked up. Since they have their government in the Centre as well as in the state, they should find out who did this and punish those who are responsible,” the senior NCP chief mentioned.
