Sena hits out at Fadnavis govt. on Pansare murder case

The Shiv Sena on Monday yet again targeted its own ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for the State and Central government’s failure to nab the killers of rationalist Dr. Narendra Dabholkar and veteran Communist leader Comrade Govind Pansare.

“It’s the repeat of what was happening after the killing of Dr. Dabholkar. The dialogues, screenplay and the script have remained the same. The hero and villain are different, but they are working on the same old script. Will someone tell us what’s new happening in Maharashtra?” asked an editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamna on Monday.

Referring to the BJP’s demand of resignation of then Chief Minister and Home Minister of Maharashtra, from the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) respectively, after the murder of Dr. Dabholkar, the editorial said that similar demands are raised against the BJP’s ministers now. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is also the Home Minister of the State and has come under fire from the opposition as well as from its own ally for not being able to concentrate on this key department. The opposition has demanded a separate full-time Home Minister for the State; however the state BJP leadership is yet to take a call on it.

“CM’s statement of asking police to put in more efforts is nothing but showing his lack of trust on them. He however has not guided the police on how to go about with the investigation. If this is the failure of the system, then change the system. Instead of holding someone else responsible for the failure, discuss the issue in the cabinet,” slammed the editorial.

It went on to say that the people will ask that what change have we brought by changing the government. “The farmer suicides are still on. The farming unions have turned violent. We are telling this because the power is with us today. You cannot blame everything on the system,” said the editorial.

“The people who are trying to suppress the progressive voices in Maharashtra have not come from Pakistan. Dabholkar and Pansare were from India and those who killed them are also from this country,” it said.