The
Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday demanded the
expulsion of state’s Home Minister R. R. Patil for his failure in
controlling the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
The party also expressed its support for the ordinance issued by the
state government for anti-superstition law with one condition.
Devendra
Phadnavis, state president of BJP, informed the media about the
resolutions passed in the Executive meeting which concluded on
Wednesday. Citing the incidents of murder of anti-superstition
activist Narendra Dabholkar and rape in Mumbai Nasik and Pune, he
said, “The resolution asked the expulsion of Patil because he would
neither move out himself or will not be removed. The transfers of
police officials are pending for because NCP and Congress want their
own favorable officers in plum places. The file is pending with Chief
Minister for over two months. The Maharashtra has lowest rate of
conviction in crimes, 9.5%, in the country. Even the naxalism is on
the rise and Patil has done nothing in five years ever since he
assumed the guardianship of naxal-affected Gadchiroli district.”
Pointing
to an incident in the Bhandara district where three OBC girls from
same family were raped and murdered six months ago, he said, “The
government does not care about the poor and disadvantaged people. How
would they feel the pain of these OBC family?”
Phadnavis
said that BJP had supported the anti-superstition bill back in 2005
and had warned of the legal defects in it. The government was not
serious to bring it in the legislature or pass it. “We had many
meetings with late Dabholkar and Shyam Manav (another activist
pressing for the bill) and had asked that the article 2 in the
ordinance, which stipulates action against anybody exploiting someone
in the name of miracles, to be clarified. We said that if third party
complaints are allowed in this article, it will lead to blackmailing.
This is the only condition which we had put. Also, we want that
Warkari sect should be consulted in this regard and we are even ready
to do something in it.”
On
the issue of funding to Madarassas in the state, as decided by the
state government on Tuesday, he said, “Reducing the assistance to
Hindi and Marathi schools and giving it to madarassas is wrong. I
would like to ask the government whether it would ensure that no
religious education is given and only modern education is given in
the madarassas if they are to be given subsidy by the government.
Phadanvis
also said that senior leaders Gopinath Munde and Nitin Gadkari had
chalked out the strategy of focusing on booth level and had said that
minimum ten workers are to be prepared at the booth level. About 84
thousand booths have been identified all over the state and they are
to be targeted in view of the impending Lok Sabha elections. The meet
was attended by about 666 workers of the party. Earlier in the
session, Maharashtra in charge of the party Rajiv Pratap Rudy, former
national president Nitin Gadkari and deputy leader of party in Lok
Sabha Gopinath Munde addressed the workers.
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