Sena supremo demands Rane's arrest
Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray today demanded arrest of the Maharashtra revenue minister Narayan Rane.
By PTI |
PUNE: Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray today demanded arrest of the Maharashtra revenue minister Narayan Rane, alleging that he hired goons to attack the Pune-based of the party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.
Rane, who is currently on Europe tour should be arrested on his arrival at Mumbai airport as he had hired underworld elements to vandalise the Saamana office, Thackeray said in a hard-hitting editorial in the party's paper.
Demanded stringent action against the Minister, Sena Chief said, "If government does not initiate steps to book Rane, the Shiv Sena will."
Referring to the caricature of Rane in a female form published in 'Saamana' that led to the attack allegedly by Rane supporters, Thackeray said, as a cartoonist I have caricatured in the same manner leaders like Pandit Nehru, Comrade Dange, Y B Chavan and also Sharad Pawar. But all of them took it in good humour as it should be.
Drawing a parallel between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati sacking a cabinet colleague for criminal activities and the attack on the newspaper office on Thursday night, Thackeray said the same yardstick should be applied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in booking Rane for the offence.
Rane, who is currently on Europe tour should be arrested on his arrival at Mumbai airport as he had hired underworld elements to vandalise the Saamana office, Thackeray said in a hard-hitting editorial in the party's paper.
Demanded stringent action against the Minister, Sena Chief said, "If government does not initiate steps to book Rane, the Shiv Sena will."
Referring to the caricature of Rane in a female form published in 'Saamana' that led to the attack allegedly by Rane supporters, Thackeray said, as a cartoonist I have caricatured in the same manner leaders like Pandit Nehru, Comrade Dange, Y B Chavan and also Sharad Pawar. But all of them took it in good humour as it should be.
Drawing a parallel between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati sacking a cabinet colleague for criminal activities and the attack on the newspaper office on Thursday night, Thackeray said the same yardstick should be applied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in booking Rane for the offence.
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