Bhima Koregaon violence: Sena questions arrests of 5 left activists

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/The Shiv Sena on Monday targeted the Maharashtra Police for the arrests of five left activists last week claiming they were reportedly “hatching a conspiracy to overthrow the central and state governments” besides allegedly “plotting a Rajiv Gandhi-style assassination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”, among others.

“The police contentions behind the arrests are ridiculous… The erstwhile government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was voted out and removed by the people — not by the Maoists. “As of now… at least, it is still possible to change the government through the democratic processes,” the Sena said. “The (Pune) police must not shoot off their mouths like this and the government must bar them from such statements… It’s sheer stupidity,” the Sena said in sharp edits in the party mouthpieces, “Saamana” and “Dopahar Ka Saamana”.

While the practice of “using the police” for different aims is nothing new for the politicians and government, in the present instance, “the faster the truth emerges, the better,” (remove the ‘mukhota’) for the police, demanded the Sena. The second argument of the Pune police was that Modi was allegedly being targeted in a “Rajiv Gandhi-style assassination”, at which the Sena clawed at the Pune police. “The former PMs, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were fearless and courageous leaders… It was their boldness which claimed their lives… But Modi will never indulge in such adventures.