Pawar, Munde to Fadnavis: You have failed as home minister

The Opposition went all out on the penultimate day of the winter session making serious allegations against Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis The two senior opposition leaders from NCP Ajit Pawar and Dhananjay Munde alleged that Fadnavis was protecting his loyalist from Nagpur in a series of murder cases and had failed as a home minister in controlling the increasing crime in the stateBJP MLA Ashish Deshmukh and NCP leader Ajit Pawar leave after attending the winter session of the state Assembly in Nagpur on Wednesday PicPTIAggressive assemblyPawar quoted from crime record books and referred to several publications for substantiating his allegations He asked why Fadnavis was protecting murder accused Munna Yadav who is chairman of a cashrich state corporation for construction workersPawar and Munde said the government had failed in creating any kind of fear in the minds of criminals This is a strange government Ministers give so much respect to the officers and employees that they are taken for granted Someone needs to tell these guys that they are no longer in the opposition but the government said Pawar sarcasticallyYadav is absconding but people say he is seen around in Nagpur and yet the police dont arrest him This happens despite the DGP asking the CP not to buckle under any political pressure for protecting Munna Isnt this shameful for a CP of this city His boss comes here and raps him but the officer doesnt budge Pawar said Yadav was given the status of a minister Can the CM tell us what is Yadavs qualification and eligibility for getting such an appointmentCalling law and order a cause for concern Munde told the Upper House that the government didnt allow anyone to speak and when anyone talked about the poor law and order they were branded antinational If the evidence provided by us is fake then sue us punish us in a city square but please verify the evidence and bring the guilty to book he said referring to many crimes across the state and alleged scams in which ministers and bureaucrats were given a clean chit The CM is fooling the 11 crore people of MaharashtraNagpur is next to Kochi in crime rate Six people were killed in four hours here early this week Gang wars are a daily business here Its not the rule of law but the rule of bribing We are ready to take to the streets if home department fails in getting its act together said Munde adding that if Yadav hadnt been arrested how could anyone expect the police to arrest the killers of Dr Dabholkar and Prof PansareWomen unsafeThe former deputy CM said crime against women was on the rise in Mumbai where the police had consistently failed in ensuring security for women commuters on the suburban rail network There is no adequate police force Women are violated regularly Why This government is insensitive inefficient and inactive said PawarMunde said the state was a topper in crimes against women In fact Maharashtra has surpassed Bihar in all types of crimes I remember late RR Patil who took a stern decision to ban dance bars but now Mumbai Navi Mumbai and Thane have dance bars running under the garb of discotheques Recently the Thane police scrapped licences of 43 bars but ACS home stayed the action in just two days he addedDebating for the government ruling party members especially those from BJP defended the home department and CM But some Shiv Sena members said they were not happy with polices handling of certain cases Fadnavis will respond to the debate on FridayCopcriminal nexusTaking the debate to another level Ajit Pawar said some nonMarathi policemen were suspected to be hand in glove with criminals I dont want to create a controversy over regionalism and language but what I said should be probed he addedCatch up on all the latest Mumbai National and International news hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go