By PTI
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday took a dim view of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ declare that the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities had tried to place him in jail, and requested the BJP chief through which case was he “fearing” arrest.
An editorial within the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ claimed that IPS officers had threatened MVA legislators to help Fadnavis and spied on them by tapping their telephones.
Fadnavis ought to clarify if such “illegal” telephone tapping is against the law or not, it stated.
Maharashtra’s political tradition has by no means seen cases of the arrest of political opponents and harassment of their members of the family, the Marathi publication stated.
After the 2019 Assembly polls, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the difficulty of sharing the chief ministerial put up.
Thackeray later tied-up with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress to type the MVA within the state.
His authorities collapsed in June final 12 months after a revolt towards the Sena management by Eknath Shinde and 39 different legislators.
On June 30, Shinde turned the chief minister with BJP chief Fadnavis as his deputy.
Fadnavis lately stated the earlier MVA authorities had given a goal to then Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey to place me in jail, however the police officer couldn’t succeed as he had accomplished nothing improper.
Reacting to it, the Saamana editorial on Wednesday requested, ”Why is Fadnavis scared that he could also be arrested?” “In which case was he fearing arrest and what connection did he have with the case. Fadnavis ought to have clarified,” it stated.
“In the last few days, Fadnavis has been speaking blatant lies,” it claimed, including this isn’t the “sanskar” of the Sangh (RSS).
The Marathi each day stated the MVA authorities had filed instances towards IPS officer Rashmi Shukla in Pune and Mumbai in reference to the alleged telephone tapping.
The telephones of MVA leaders had been illegally tapped when Fadnavis was the chief minister, it stated.
The telephone numbers of MVA leaders had been out for tapping below totally different names stated to be of drug peddlers and terrorists, it claimed.
Fadnavis must also clarify if such “illegal” tapping is against the law or not, the editorial stated.
The investigating officers within the case visited Fadnavis when he was the chief of opposition and took his assertion respectfully.
There was no must make a difficulty out of it, the Marathi each day stated.
MVA leaders Anil Deshmukh, Nawab Malik, Sanjay Raut was arrested by central probe businesses unnecessarily.
If the telephone tapping case was not critical sufficient, why was former Mumbai police chief Sanjay Pandey arrested in the identical case, the editorial requested?
The instances towards Rashmi Shukla had been dropped and he or she was promoted, it famous.
In truth, the Eknath Shinde-Fadnavis authorities ought to have taken the telephone tapping case to its logical finish by permitting the completion of the probe into it, the editorial stated.
MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday took a dim view of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ declare that the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities had tried to place him in jail, and requested the BJP chief through which case was he “fearing” arrest.
An editorial within the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ claimed that IPS officers had threatened MVA legislators to help Fadnavis and spied on them by tapping their telephones.
Fadnavis ought to clarify if such “illegal” telephone tapping is against the law or not, it stated.
Maharashtra’s political tradition has by no means seen cases of the arrest of political opponents and harassment of their members of the family, the Marathi publication stated.
After the 2019 Assembly polls, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the difficulty of sharing the chief ministerial put up.
Thackeray later tied-up with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress to type the MVA within the state.
His authorities collapsed in June final 12 months after a revolt towards the Sena management by Eknath Shinde and 39 different legislators.
On June 30, Shinde turned the chief minister with BJP chief Fadnavis as his deputy.
Fadnavis lately stated the earlier MVA authorities had given a goal to then Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey to place me in jail, however the police officer couldn’t succeed as he had accomplished nothing improper.
Reacting to it, the Saamana editorial on Wednesday requested, ”Why is Fadnavis scared that he could also be arrested?” “In which case was he fearing arrest and what connection did he have with the case. Fadnavis ought to have clarified,” it stated.
“In the last few days, Fadnavis has been speaking blatant lies,” it claimed, including this isn’t the “sanskar” of the Sangh (RSS).
The Marathi each day stated the MVA authorities had filed instances towards IPS officer Rashmi Shukla in Pune and Mumbai in reference to the alleged telephone tapping.
The telephones of MVA leaders had been illegally tapped when Fadnavis was the chief minister, it stated.
The telephone numbers of MVA leaders had been out for tapping below totally different names stated to be of drug peddlers and terrorists, it claimed.
Fadnavis must also clarify if such “illegal” tapping is against the law or not, the editorial stated.
The investigating officers within the case visited Fadnavis when he was the chief of opposition and took his assertion respectfully.
There was no must make a difficulty out of it, the Marathi each day stated.
MVA leaders Anil Deshmukh, Nawab Malik, Sanjay Raut was arrested by central probe businesses unnecessarily.
If the telephone tapping case was not critical sufficient, why was former Mumbai police chief Sanjay Pandey arrested in the identical case, the editorial requested?
The instances towards Rashmi Shukla had been dropped and he or she was promoted, it famous.
In truth, the Eknath Shinde-Fadnavis authorities ought to have taken the telephone tapping case to its logical finish by permitting the completion of the probe into it, the editorial stated.
