Mumbai Apr 24 PTI Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said they will complain to Union home secretary against the Mumbai polices failure to protect former party MP Kirit Somaiya who enjoys Z category security Talking to reporters in Pune Fadnavis also claimed that people of Maharashtra feel there should be Presidents rule in the state but the BJP is not going to demand it On Saturday night some Shiv Sena supporters allegedly hurled footwear and water bottles at Somaiyas SUV when he was leaving Khar police station in Mumbai Somaiya had gone to the police station to meet arrested independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana whose earlier call for chanting Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackerays residence Matoshree had angered the Sena cadres The BJP leader had tweeted that he was injured in the attack by Shiv Sena goons On Sunday Fadnavis said We will take up with the Union home secretary the issue of Mumbai polices failure to protect Somaiya who enjoys Z category security cover Either the Mumbai police indirectly supported the act of attack on Somaiyas car or they have become inefficient to take any step against the attackers The current performance of Mumbai police is highly embarrassing the leader of opposition in the state Assembly claimed Considering the present scenario citizens of Maharashtra feel there should be Presidents rule in the state The BJP will not demand it as we are ready to fight back in any situation It is the governors prerogative to seek the Presidents rule It is gross misconduct on part of police as Somaiya had informed the police that he may come under attack at Khar police station Surprisingly the police have not registered any FIR in this case Fadnavis saidLet me make it very clear that we are not afraid of such attacks We are capable of tit for tat the former state chief minister said Fadnavis also said he was surprised the way MLA Ravi Rana and his MP wife Navneet Rana were treated She Navneet Rana was kept in a lock-up at night after arrestlooks like the Maharashtra government is afraid of a woman the BJP leader said Asked about NCP chief Sharad Pawars recent comments that international leaders coming to India are taken to Gujarat alone Fadnavis said He Pawar should only introspect on why such leaders are not coming to Maharashtra Who will come to Maharashtra in such a situation where two state ministers are in jail There are issues of law and order and power load-shedding in the state he said Union minister Raosaheb Danve also hit out at the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government claiming there was no law and order in the state Talking to reporters in Aurangabad the BJP leader said Earlier people used to give the example of Maharashtra police on maintenance of law and order But today there is no law and order left here Politics is being done by keeping police at the forefront Residents of the state will take revenge for this Our leaders are being attacked in the state Offences are being registered against those who are attacked but no action is being taken against the attackers Danve claimed Raising the issue of Shiv Senas protest outside the Mumbai-based home of MP Navneet Rana and her husband Danve said they do not support agitation at anyones residenceThe state government should have sent its representative to talk to Ranas but the latter were arrested by Mumbai police on Saturday he said The police department is earning a bad name and they should understand this the BJP leader said Danve also said they would not demand presidential rule in Maharashtra The state government should take steps to improve law and order he added PTI ND AW COR GK GK

Mumbai Mar 23 PTI Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday asked if state minister Jayant Patil had any problem with BJP MLAs attending the screening of Hindi film The Kashmir Files Hitting back Patil said the film is boring after the interval and that Fadnavis should ask the movies producer to donate its earnings for constructing homes for the displaced Kashmir Pandits Patil had on Tuesday taken a swipe at the BJP MLAs for attending the films screening while business was still being transacted in the state Assembly saying watching the movie was more important for them than the issues concerning the states development He had apparently referred to a special show of the movie organised by BJP leader Kripa Shankar Singh on Tuesday evening Speaking in the Lower House on Wednesday Fadnavis said The minister spoke about attending the screening yesterday We had decided and we watched The Kashmir Files yesterday Do you have any problem with it We did watch it You talk about it outside the House if you have any problem he said Countering the BJP leader Patil said the film is boring and not quite interesting after the interval See you the BJP leaders know it If you are praising the film it was made spending Rs 17 crore and it earned Rs 150 croreAsk the films producer to donate the earnings for constructing homes for Kashmiri Pandits the state water resources minister said Earlier Fadnavis alleged that the opposition members were not allowed adequate time to raise their issues in the House Patil however refuted the charge PTI ENM GK GK

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnvais on Tuesday alleged that the special public prosecutor of the state government has been planning a conspiracy against BJP leaders and urged Vidhan Sabha Speaker for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the matter.