Amravati violence: Maharashtra Govt. conducting ‘one-sided probe’, says Devendra Fadnavis
The Hindu
Former Chief Minister says Govt. is targeting only BJP and other Hindutva outfits
Accusing the Maharashtra Government of conducting a ‘one-sided investigation’ into the recent rioting that erupted in Amravati and elsewhere in the State, former Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said that only those with an affinity to Hindutva outfits were being ‘unjustly targeted’ by the State police.
Speaking in Amravati on Sunday, Mr. Fadnavis alleged that the ruling tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi government (of the Shiv Sena, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress) was ‘deleting’ the events of November 12 – when violence erupted during a bandh called by minority outfits - and instead highlighting what happened on November 13, when more rioting broke out during the shutdown called by the BJP.
“The State’s police are bowing to political pressure. While it is obvious that the events of November 12 occurred with the aim of creating social discord, a one-sided investigation is currently under way wherein BJP leaders and workers are being arrested and are being physically assaulted. FIRs are being lodged about the same incident in four police stations… even those people who were not present are getting arrested,” alleged Mr. Fadnavis, who is the BJP’s Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly.
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