Maharashtra: New 'letter-war' flares up between Governor Koshyari, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray

A fresh letterwar has erupted between the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government and the state Raj Bhavan this time a fallout of the recent Sakinaka brutal rapecummurder incidentGovernor Bhagat Singh Koshyari had recently written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expressing concerns over the tragic incident and urged the latter to call a special session of Maharashtra Legislature to discuss the specific Sakinaka issue and the safety of women in generalFiring a missile on Monday Thackeray endorsed the Governors sentiments and pointed out that the question of womens safety is not confined to Maharashtra alone but is a national issueHe cited a string of incidents of atrocities on women in Bharatiya Janata Partyruled states like Uttar Pradesh Gujarat Uttarakhand BJPsupported Bihar Delhi where the police is controlled by the Centre and Union Territories of Jammu amp Kashmir under the Central administrationIn view of these Thackeray urged Koshyari to request the BJPled Central government to convene a 4day special session of Parliament to deliberate on womens security in which even the Sakinaka incident could be includedTaking a potshot the CM said that women being unsafe in the state appeared to be the Governors sole opinion and his agony was akin to that of a political activistThe minute people inimical to the state government talked about calling a special legislature session the Governor joined their clamour for the same which is detrimental to the system of parliamentary democracy Your demand could stoke a fresh controversy cautioned ThackerayAlso read Pune Sena workers blacken face of man for allegedly putting out defamatory post against Maha CM othersHarking to the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thackeray pointedly asked whether women are really safe there under the Gujarat ModelAs per a Gujarat Police report daily 14 women face rapes and exploitation in recent past 2908 women went missing in Ahmedabad in two years 14229 women have disappeared in the state and since 2015 atrocities on women have peaked there To discuss all this Gujarat would require a monthlong special legislature session Thackeray wrote noholdsbarredDwelling on Delhi where the law and order is the Centres jurisdiction the CM said that in past few years it has become infamous globally as the rape capital and its needs special attentionLast month a 9yearold Dalit girl was gangraped and murdered by a priest and his three associates in a crematorium they even attempted to destroy evidence by forcibly cremating her This is the scenario in the city where the entire countrys Cabinet is based said Thackeray without mincing wordsHe drew the Governors attention to the BJPsupported Bihar where a BJP MP allegedly raped a woman activist of the same party the police refused to lodge her complaint owing to political pressures and only after a court order three months later that an FIR was lodged against the culpritGiving examples of Uttar Pradesh where the Lord Ram Temple is coming up Thackeray said that earlier this month a khokho player was brutally raped and murdered and her body was found near Bijnor railway stationSuch incidents have taken place in UPs Hathras Unnao Badaun where two cousin sisters were raped and murdered Even the NCRB has said that such atrocities are on the increase in UP but nobody from the BJP seems to have made demands for a special legislature session there Thackeray hit outPointing at the devbhoomi of Uttarakhand of which the Governor himself was a Suputra son Thackeray said atrocities on women have shot up by 150 per cent in that state and enquired if there can be a special legislature session there tooThe CM also listed the immediate steps taken by the MVA government after the Sakinaka incident of September 10 to ensure justice to the victim and her minor childrenHe said that Maharashtra is the state of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj who always gave importance to womens dignity and safety and the MVA government is following in his footstepsThackeray 61 said he expected Governor Koshyari 79 who is like an elder to extend his blessings in this endeavourThis 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