Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, will visit Maharashtra’s Parbhani on Monday to meet the family members of the two persons who died during violence that occurred earlier this month.
The violence was hit on the evening of December 10 in Maharashtra’s Parbhani after a glass-enclosed replica of the Constitution near Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s statue outside the railway station in the city was damaged. The statue was located in Marathwada region.
As per the schedule revealed by Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar, Gandhi will meet with the families of Ambedkarites Vijay Wakode, who died while taking part in the protest, and Somnath Suryavanshi, who purportedly died in police custody, PTI reported.
In the state assembly, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis recently claimed that Suryavanshi had assured a magistrate that he had not been subjected to torture. CCTV footage also doesn’t show any signs of violence.
Fadnavis has already declared that the Parbhani violence will be investigated by the courts.
BJP, Shiv Sena terms Rahul Gandhi’s visit ‘a drama’
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s state wing referred Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the area rife with violence as “drama”.
State BJP chief and revenue minister Chandrashekar Bawankule termed Gandhi’s visit as a “drama”. He told the reporters, “Instead of doing such drama, the focus should be on how the society can be benefited through constructive means. The BJP and the state government are committed to keeping the society and all communities united”.
Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC, who called Rahul Gandhi’s planned visit to Parbhani as “hypocrisy”, claimed that the Congress leader never showed any concern for the altercation that occurred in parliament.
Shaina NC told ANI, “Rahul Gandhi is coming to Parbhani by a special flight. He will come to Nanded, go to Parbhani and show that he is with Somnath Suryavanshi’s family. My question is, when Rahul Gandhi sees such a scuffle outside the House, he does not even come out and is coming here with a special charter? People understand this hypocrisy. We are fully with Parbhani’s Somnath Suryavanshi and his family, although we will never do any politics in this matter”.
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