Will approach PM Modi against our 'ill-treatment' by Maha authorities: Rana couple

Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLAhusband Ravi on Monday said they will approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to raise the issue of their alleged illtreatment by Maharashtra authorities when the couple was in jail recentlyTalking to reporters here Navneet Rana said Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray who backstabbed the BJP should not talk and teach the Ranas about principlesThe Ranas also dismissed the allegation that they committed contempt of court by speaking to the mediaOn May 4 a special court here while granting bail to the couple said the duo shall not commit a similar offence while on bail and not address the press on any subject related to the caseThe couple was arrested on April 23 by the Mumbai police after they announced that they would recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Chief Minister Thackerays private residence Matoshree here which had angered workers of the Shiv Sena Thackerays party leading to tensionThey walked out of jail on May 5 following which Navneet Rana was admitted to a private hospital here Her lawyer had then said she had complaints of high blood pressure bodyache and spondylitisShe was discharged from the hospital on SundayWe are going to Delhi today and meet all the leaders who respect women I am going to meet the prime minister Union home minister and Lok Sabha Speaker and tell them how we were illtreated from a lockup to jail I am going to complain about it said Navneet Rana who was flanked by her husbandDescribing Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut as a parrot Navneet Rana alleged that he had talked about burying the coupleWe had filed a complaint against it here but no action was taken So I am going to Delhi to raise the issue she saidThe Ranas also categorically denied having committed any contempt of court by speaking to the pressWe did not talk about the offence how it was registered against us reciting Hanuman Chalisa and Matoshree We spoke about how I was illtreated from the lockup to jail and how my health issues were avoided ignored she saidThe Lok Sabha member from Amravati wondered would be the fate of common people if a public representative like her could be treated in such a manner in MaharashtraSo it was important for me to speak up and the Constitution has given me the right as a public representative Nobody should snatch my rights from me she saidShe said CM Thackeray should learn how to run the state from his predecessor and BJP leader Devendra FadnavisDevendra Fadnavis ji also ran the government for five years but he was not this shrewd Thackeray should learn from Devendra sahab how to run Maharashtra government and with what sentiments she saidShe further said that Thackeray who backstabbed the BJP should not talk and teach the Ranas about principlesRavi Rana the MLA from Badnera in Amravati also hit out at CM Thackeray over the Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation issuing a notice to the housing society where they live in suburban Khar here following a complaint of illegal constructionThackeray should inspect our flat online since he worked only through the online platform for the past twoandhalf years he quippedYou the CM can send Raut and another Shiv Sena leader and state minister Anil Parab your right and left hands who are sitting idle You can send them to take the measurements of the house if there is any problem We will welcome them the MLA saidTo a question Ravi Rana said Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar should take information on how the couple was allegedly illtreated when they were in the lockup and jailWe were treated worse than a criminal he alleged while responding to Pawars reported remark that the duo was served tea when taken to Khar police station before their arrestThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever