New Delhi: The leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra demanded action as Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar received a purported “death threat” on social media earlier this week. NCP’s Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad lamented over the depths to which the situation has plummeted and asked the police to take strong action against the deranged person tweeting the threats, IANS reported. He also drew the attention of Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Rajnish Seth and the Police Commissioners of Mumbai, Thane and Pune in this regard.
Expressing serious concerns over the purported death threat, Shiv Sena spokesperson Manisha Kayande said there is no need to guess which team is behind the threats to kill Pawar as “everyone knows who worships Godse”.
The Shiv Sena spokesperson urged Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil to take serious note of the matter.
“This is a clear threat to murder and shows their ideological levels... Those issuing it must be dealt with most severely,” Kayande said.
“In the past, Dr Narendra Dabholkar, Prof. M. M. Kalburgi and Govind Pansare were assassinated by these very like-minded elements,” she added.
Congress state general secretary Sachin Sawant on his part said it’s time for people to reflect “where the efforts of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sangh Parivar to make the society violent and pervert have pushed the country”.
Urging the government to act “stringently against these perverts”, he said: “Hatred and contempt are making the young people of today the future killers.”
Shiv Sena MoS Kishore Tiwari said that a violent attack was carried out exactly a month ago on Pawar’s home by the hostile forces and sections of the police who are still loyal to the BJP.
“Against the recent background, this fresh threat should not be taken lightly, and the MVA government must step in to increase security for Pawar and his family,” he added.
Referring to the NCP chief, the camouflaged threat of May 11 in Marathi says: “The time has come for the 'Gandhi' of Baramati and for Baramati to prepare a Nathuram Godse.”