Rane embarassed Centre PM should take stern view of his remarks against Maha CM Sena
Mumbai Aug 25 PTI The Shiv Sena on Wednesday claimed Union minister Narayan Rane has made the central government hang its head in shame a day after the BJP leader was arrested over his controversial remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah must take Ranes remarks against CM Thackeray seriously an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said On Monday during his Jan Ashirwad Yatra in adjoining Raigad district Rane said It is shameful that the chief minister does not know the year of independence He leaned back to enquire about the count of years of independence during his speech Had I been there I would have given him a tight slap The Union MSME minister was arrested on Tuesday over his comments which triggered a political row and protests across Maharashtra He was granted bail by a court at Mahad in Raigad late Tuesday night In a scathing attack on Rane over his remarks the editorial in Saamana likened him to a balloon with holes which it said will never go up no matter how much the BJP tries to put fill it with air Despite being given the post of a Union minister Rane has been behaving like a roadside gangster it alleged Rane has made the central government hang its head in shame Given Ranes past record Modi-Shah should take his comments against Thackeray seriously If anybody had spoken in this manner about the prime Minister he would have been booked under sedition charges Ranes crime is similar the editorial said It said Maharashtra is a state which runs as per law and such acts will not be tolerated after a certain point The prime minister will not tolerate such acts the Marathi daily said adding that the BJP will have to pay for this heavily The hand that threatens to attack a chief minister should be pulled out legally The previous Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra has made a few intellectuals languish in jail on allegations that they conspired to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi the editorial said It said threatening to physically assault the chief minister is like hurting the sentiments of 105 martyrs of the Samyukta united Maharashtra movement Rane has hurt Maharashtra and state BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrakant Patil have been supporting him the Sena said Any cultured leader would have apologised and ended the matter as nobody is above the state But for the BJP Maharashtras pride and prestige of the chief minister are immaterial it claimed PTI MR GK GK
Mumbai Aug 25 PTI The Shiv Sena on Wednesday claimed Union minister Narayan Rane has made the central government hang its head in shame a day after the BJP leader was arrested over his controversial remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah must take Ranes remarks against CM Thackeray seriously an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said On Monday during his Jan Ashirwad Yatra in adjoining Raigad district Rane said It is shameful that the chief minister does not know the year of independence He leaned back to enquire about the count of years of independence during his speech Had I been there I would have given him a tight slap The Union MSME minister was arrested on Tuesday over his comments which triggered a political row and protests across Maharashtra He was granted bail by a court at Mahad in Raigad late Tuesday night In a scathing attack on Rane over his remarks the editorial in Saamana likened him to a balloon with holes which it said will never go up no matter how much the BJP tries to put fill it with air Despite being given the post of a Union minister Rane has been behaving like a roadside gangster it alleged Rane has made the central government hang its head in shame Given Ranes past record Modi-Shah should take his comments against Thackeray seriously If anybody had spoken in this manner about the prime Minister he would have been booked under sedition charges Ranes crime is similar the editorial said It said Maharashtra is a state which runs as per law and such acts will not be tolerated after a certain point The prime minister will not tolerate such acts the Marathi daily said adding that the BJP will have to pay for this heavily The hand that threatens to attack a chief minister should be pulled out legally The previous Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra has made a few intellectuals languish in jail on allegations that they conspired to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi the editorial said It said threatening to physically assault the chief minister is like hurting the sentiments of 105 martyrs of the Samyukta united Maharashtra movement Rane has hurt Maharashtra and state BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrakant Patil have been supporting him the Sena said Any cultured leader would have apologised and ended the matter as nobody is above the state But for the BJP Maharashtras pride and prestige of the chief minister are immaterial it claimed PTI MR GK GK