Raj Thackeray’s Outrage Over Pune Child Rape: ‘Hang the Monsters Now’
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supremo Raj Thackeray unleashed a blistering critique of the state’s law and order Tuesday, following the chilling rape-murder of a four-year-old in Pune district’s Nasrapur. Labeling the accused as monsters, he insisted on expedited, iron-fisted retribution bypassing judicial delays.
His X outburst zeroed in on Maharashtra’s betrayal of its women’s rights heritage. Thackeray scorned the administration’s fast-track pretensions, noting police efficiency in dispersing mourners with lathis but impotence against gender predators.
Connecting dots to a broader decay, he pinpointed escalating kidnappings and attacks as proof of emboldened criminals. Blaming a cutthroat quest for supremacy across elites—be it leaders, tycoons, or authors—Thackeray said it cascades downward, victimizing the defenseless.
Evoking bygone days of vigilant seniors and media enforcing moral codes through reputational fears, he identified 1995 as a turning point. Liberalization’s boons came at the cost of cultural anchors, spawning a greedy, egocentric void fueled today by digital addictions and lurid media.
Thackeray diagnosed a venomous cocktail of impulses driving these atrocities and implored the government to course-correct Maharashtra’s trajectory pronto. With MNS pledged to enforce grassroots reforms, he stressed reclaiming lost ethos to shield the vulnerable from recurring nightmares.
