Maharashtra: Violence in Aurangabad plan of BJP and AIMIM to disturb MVA's April 2 rally, allege Sena (UBT) leaders

Shiv Sena UBT leaders on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and the All India MajalisEIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM of orchestrating violence in Maharashtras Aurangabad where a mob attacked police personnel and alleged that it was aimed at disturbing the Maha Vikas Aghadis MVA upcoming rally in the cityA mob of more than 500 people allegedly attacked policemen on Wednesday night following a clash among youths The incident took place in Kiradpura locality of Aurangabad which houses a famous Ram temple police officials have said The incident occurred on the eve of the Ram Navami celebrationsThe opposition MVA comprising the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray the Nationalist Congress Party NCP and the Congress is scheduled to hold a rally in Aurangabad city now named Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on the coming SundayTargeting the BJP and the AIMIM over the incident Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Chandrakant Khaire claimed Imtiaz Jaleel of the AIMIM Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Bhagwat Karad who hails from Aurangabad are friends It is their plan The violence is aimed at disturbing our MVAs rally scheduled on April 2 People are also saying that the AIMIM is a B team of the BJPKhaire visited the Ram temple in Kiradpura and performed rituals on the occasion of Ram Navami every yearShiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut alleged that tension is being created deliberately and the Home Minister Fadnavis should know the perpetrators areThe MVAs rally on April 2 will go ahead as scheduled It will be a huge success and preparations are on for it he saidLeader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Ambadas Danve who also belongs to the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena said We should maintain peace Since the past one month I have been saying that efforts were on to disturb peace in the city The AIMIM has been holding agitations for the last 15 days against renaming of Aurangabad What action did the police take against themThe police should act against those who attacked them If anyone is attacking the police then their hands should be chopped off he saidAlso Read SC remarks on hate speech a matter of shame for ShindeFadnavis govt Ajit PawarThe ruling parties BJP and Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena and AIMIM are trying to provoke people I have been telling since the last one month that the ruling parties want riots in this city for their political gains AIMIM is losing its Muslim support base rapidly Attempts to provoke others is underway by the BJP and the Shindeled group Danve saidResponding to the allegations AIMIMs Imtiaz Jaleel told reporters This is being done to hide their failure According to them when anything good happens it is because of them but if anything bad happens it is due to AIMIMA highlevel inquiry committee should be appointed to probe the incident and find those involved in it he saidWe will talk about the role of people in this case but not now the Lok Sabha member of the AIMIM from Aurangabad saidHe alleged that the mob also attacked him when he reached the site after the violence broke outPeople kept calling me repeatedly to tell that the situation in Kiradpura was worsening I went there on a bike and tried to control the mob I found that people indulging in this violence were not in their senses They hurled big stones at me Police asked me not to step out of the Ram temple I kept sitting inside the temple for three hoursI was stunned to see the polices absence The CCTV footage will clearly show how 1517 police were trying to control the situation Jaleel saidI want an inquiry into the incident All the leaders in Aurangabad should ensure that peace prevails in the city he saidTalking about the incident Minister Karad said Some Hindu community members had visited the temple around 12 am But these people were beaten up by some miscreants which triggered riots There is a possibility of involvement of public representatives especially those from the AIMIMThey AIMIM have to face the Lok Sabha elections now Therefore he came to the Ram temple which is wrong Karad said apparently referring to JaleelThis 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