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Let CM, Dy CMs, RSS chief get spades and shovels to fulfil their people’s wishes: Sanjay Raut

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Mumbai, March 18: A day after the violence in Maharashtra’s Nagpur over the demand for the demolition of Aurangzeb’s grave, Shiv Sena(UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat should take up spades and shovels and fulfil the wishes of “their” people.

“Whose inspiration is it, why are riots being incited? It is a subject of research. Holi was also spoiled, what happened in Rajapur, and what happened in other areas is known. There have never been riots in Maharashtra during festivals like Holi, tomorrow our own people will try to incite riots on Gudi Padwa. Some people are inciting Hindu-Muslim riots in this state by using Aurangzeb as a shield. They are giving the example of Babri, they are saying that they will destroy Aurangzeb’s grave in Maharashtra like Babri,” said Raut.

Referring to those who are demanding the demolition of Aurangzeb’s grave, he further stated, “The government is yours, Narendra Modi, Devendra Fadnavis are yours, why are you creating riots, the government should go and destroy the grave. It is a government of your own ideas, Mohan Bhagwat, Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar, these four people should take spades and shovels in their hands and fulfil the wishes of their people.”

Raut said the party has been repeatedly saying that the Aurangzeb’s grave is a memorial of the bravery of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. “One Aurangzeb came here. One Afzal Khan came, one Shahiste Khan came and never returned from here. The Mavlas and Sambhaji Raja dug their graves here. This is a symbol of the bravery of the Mavlas. But the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP from the beginning is to reduce the importance of Sambhaji Raja and Shivaji Maharaj. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj were never and are not symbols of bravery and victory for the BJP. Therefore, if you eliminate the villain first, you can automatically eliminate the hero. Therefore, attack the villain and eliminate the heroes of Maharashtra,” he alleged.

“Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray pressed for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya at the place where the encroachment took place which was where Babri mosque was situated. We will not interfere with any other mosque or grave. Hindus and Muslims should live in harmony in this country. Then this country and state will survive. It was Balasaheb Thackeray’s stance. Balasaheb’s fight for Hindutva was for the Ram temple, for which Babri was demolished. Balasaheb Thackeray never instilled the Hindutva of getting up every day and demolishing a mosque and breaking a grave,” said Raut.

Commenting on Nagpur violence, Raut said it was not possible for people to come from outside. “If people from outside come to the Chief Minister’s constituency and start riots, and there is massive arson, it means that the Chief Minister is failing as the Home Minister,” he claimed. “If such a riot is happening in his constituency while the Assembly session is underway when the chief minister is talking about law and order, then who are those who are doing this?” he asked.

Raut said he was watching the activists from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal groups coming forward in Nagpur, making provocative statements and issuing warnings on news channels. “They are not from outside. They are definitely people from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad or people from the RSS and they are from Nagpur. They can be recognised. The chief minister must be knowing these people,” he added.

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Removing the Pakistani flag at Vile Parle station was costly, a case was registered against five people including a woman, police took action after the video went viral on social media

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Mumbai: The Juhu police has registered an FIR against six unidentified individuals, including a burqa-clad woman, for allegedly gathering unlawfully, verbally abusing, and physically assaulting people who opposed the removal of Pakistani flags near the west side of Vile Parle railway station.

According to the FIR, the incident took place on May 4, when the accused were seen removing Pakistani flags that had been pasted on the stair steps of the Vile Parle railway station as part of a protest against the April 22 massacre of Hindu tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.

The police have registered the case under Sections 189(2) (unlawful assembly), 190 (every member of an unlawful assembly guilty of an offence committed in pursuit of a common object), and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The complainant, Santosh Salukhe, 49, a policeman, stated that he saw a video on Facebook, showing a veiled woman and four to five unidentified youths removing the Pakistani flags from the stair steps at Vile Parle railway station (West).

Salukhe immediately rushed to the location and learned that around 4 p.m. the same day, some unidentified individuals had pasted the Pakistani flags in front of the ticket counter at the station and on the steps as a symbolic protest against the recent terrorist attacks on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The flags carried the message “Step on it.” Those who pasted the flags left soon after.

Later, the veiled woman and her group arrived at the Vile Parle railway station and began removing the flags, which created a disturbance for commuters. When some people tried to stop them, the woman and her associates allegedly physically assaulted and verbally abused them, resulting in a brief period of tension at the station. Gurpreet Anand of Ankush Foundation had distributed free stickers of the Pakistani flag with the message “Step on it” printed at the bottom.

On Wednesday, he went to Juhu police station along with Parag Alavani MLA and others with a view to register an FIR. “However, the police did not register our FIR,” he told Media. But on Friday, a constable filed an FIR. Subsequently, the police registered a case. Juhu police officials said no arrests have been made yet, and no notices have been issued as they are in the process of identifying the accused.

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Mumbai bus travel becomes more expensive, fares increase

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Mumbai : Mumbai citizens have been hit by inflation ahead of the BMC elections. The fare hike for BEST buses has been approved. An additional fare of twice the fare will be implemented from today, which will now mean that BEST passengers will have to pay an additional fare, which will affect the pockets of the passengers. The BEST administration has decided to implement the new fare from May 9. The fare has been increased for distances of 5, 10, and 20 kilometers.

The fare for a distance of 5 kilometers has been doubled. The fare for a distance of 5 kilometers has been increased from Rs 6 to Rs 12. No concession has been given in the fare for a 12-year-old child. The daily pass was previously Rs 60, but now the new fare has been increased to Rs 75. The monthly pass is from Rs 900 to Rs 1,800. The facility of Chalo Bus Pass has been provided for children of the Municipal Corporation. The increase in bus fares and tickets in Mumbai has put a burden on the pockets of the citizens. Shared taxis and auto rickshaws are also operated in Mumbai city and its suburbs, but due to the fare, many passengers are unable to pay for these shared means of transport and travel by buses.

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The verdict in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case will be announced on July 31

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Mumbai: The verdict in the September 29, 2008 bomb blast in Malegaon will be pronounced on July 31. BJP leader and former MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt. Col. Srikant Prasad Purohit, former Major Ramesh Upadhyay, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, Swami Dayanand Pandey, Ajay Rahirkar, and Sameer Kulkarni are accused of being involved in illegal activities. A bomb was planted in Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur’s scooter, after which the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested 13 accused in the case and charged 7 accused. The hearing of the Malegaon bomb blast will be completed in April. The verdict was expected to be pronounced today, but the court gave the reason that more than one lakh pages are under study and therefore the matter has been adjourned till July 31.

A bomb blast in a scooter at Bhakko Chowk killed 7 people and injured 100. In this case, ATS Chief Hemant Karkare investigated and MCOCA was also applied to the accused, but this investigation was later handed over to the NIA in 2011. The NIA has sought death penalty for the accused in this case. Statements of 223 witnesses were recorded in this case and 23 witnesses defected in the court, including 8 witnesses from the army and defense department. The court has ordered all the accused to be present on July 31 and if anyone is absent, action will be taken against him. The court will pronounce its verdict in this case only on July 31 because the hearing of the case has been completed and the court has also reserved its verdict.

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