New Delhi: Taking a dig at the incident of reciting Hanuman Chalisa by MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana, Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece magazine Saamna said that Bharatiya Janata Party’s “frustrated mind” was behind this, reported news agency ANI.
“Chanting of Hanuman Chalisa is not banned in this state, so why did they (Amravati MP Navneet Rana & husband MLA Ravi Rana) want to chant it in front of Matoshreee (CM Uddhav Thackeray's residence)? BJP's frustrated mind is behind this,” read the magazine.
Further it wrote that the Rana couple should have chanted the Hanuman Chalisa in front of PM Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker, and Union Home Minister’s residence.
"The Rana couple wanted to chant Hanuman Chalisa at a national level. They should've instead chanted it at the residences of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, PM Modi, & Union Home Minister Amit Shah," stated Saamna
Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana were arrested from their Khar residence in Mumbai after they cancelled recitation of Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s private resilience ‘Matoshree’.
The couple was produced before Bandra Magistrate Court on Sunday after which they were sent to 14 days of judicial custody. The Magistrate court had dismissed the plea for police remand and will hear bail application of Navneet Rana on April 29. The police had asked the court for custody of the couple for seven days.
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Meanwhile Rana couple's lawyer Rizwan Merchant had filed for their bail application after the court-ordered 14-days of judicial custody. The police have been asked to file their say on the bail plea by April 27.
The couple was booked under the Indian Penal Code section 153 (A) (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), and section 135 of the Mumbai Police Act (violation of prohibitory orders of police), news agency PTI had reported.