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NCP, MNS activists turn to violence in
Maharashtra
Wednesday February 27, 2013 11:03:31 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Tension
erupted between NCP and MNS activists in Mumbai and other parts of
the state Wednesday following a Tuesday rally addressed by Raj
Thackeray in Ahmednagar.
Angry NCP activists pelted stones at vehicles in Raj Thackeray's
convoy early Wednesday in Mumbai and waved black flags at the MNS
chief when his vehicle passed by last night.
In retaliation, activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
targeted Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) offices in south Mumbai
and suburbs, as well as Ahmednagar, Nanded, Akola, Yavatmal,
Parbhani, Thane and damaged private and public vehicles.
The provocation behind the violence is believed to be Thackeray's
political rallies in which he has targeted NCP and its top leaders
like Sharad Pawar, his nephew Ajit Pawar and Home Minister R.R.
Patil.
"In democratic politics, anybody is free to criticize anybody.
But, how will activists digest the kind of abusive language used
by him (Raj Thackeray)? This is absolutely deplorable," an
agitated NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik told IANS Wednesday.
"If anybody takes the law in their hands, the police and
government shall deal with them appropriately," Malik warned,
adding that details of attacks on NCP offices, workers and other
places were being collected.
According to reports, stones were pelted at NCP offices in Thane,
Mumbai, Bandra, Ahmednagar, Parbhani while public buses were
attacked in Yavatmal, Akola and Nanded early Tuesday.
Police have tightened security and the situation is stated to be
under control.
Virtually shifting into poll mode for next year's
Lok Sabha and Maharashtra assembly elections, Thackeray has been
attacking top NCP leaders at well-attended rallies as part of his
ongoing state tour.
To the discomfiture of the NCP, he has also raised uncomfortable
issues and questions pertaining to various departments handled by
the NCP in the state government.
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