The faceoff over the Hanuman Chalisa intensified on Saturday as Maharashtra Member of Legislative Meeting (MLA) Ravi Rana and his wife just Member of Parliament (MP) Navneet Rana had been arrested in Mumbai. The MP-MLA couple had arrived in Mumbai and threatened to recite the Hanuman Chalisa exterior the station of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Matoshree.
The arrest of the couple sparked confrontation between the BJP and the Shiv Sena. Whereas the Shiv Sena warned towards messing with the occasion or with Matoshree, the BJP condemned ‘Ravan raj’ in Maharashtra.
Here’s a peep at how the events unfolded in Mumbai on Friday and Saturday:
RAVI RANA, NAVNEET’S PLANNED PROTEST
Ravi Rana and Navneet Ranan arrived in Mumbai on Friday morning. The MP-MLA couple had launched that they deliberate to chant the Hanuman Chalisa exterior Matoshree — the station of Uddhav Thackeray.
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Ravi Rana informed reporters that he had demanded that chief minister read Hanuman Chalisa on Hanuman Jayanti “to rid Maharashtra of crises and attain peace for the lisp,” nevertheless Thackeray, who heads the Shiv Sena, “refused”.
“We can shuffle there (Matoshree) to read the Hanuman Chalisa at nine day after nowadays (Saturday). We can cooperate with police. I in actuality maintain requested our group to salvage sure that laws and reveal is now not any longer disturbed in Mumbai. Police and of us ought to no longer be afraid,” he added.
SHIV SENA WORKERS PROTEST
Security used to be beefed exterior Matoshree following legislator couple Navneet and Ravi Rana’s belief to recite the Hanuman Chalisa there, and infected response by Shiv Sena group.
On Saturday morning, Shiv Sena group broke via the barricades and tried to enter the premises of the Khar station of Ravi Rana and Navneet Rana. The predicament used to be introduced below control, with the police asking thecouple no longer to step out of their home because the predicament might moreover escalate due to the the presence of a neat replacement of Shiv Sena group exterior their building in suburban Khar.
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RAVI RANA CALLS OFF PROTEST
On Saturday evening, Ravi Rana called off the yell citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mumbai visit. PM Modi is scheduled to support the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards Ceremony in Mumbai on Sunday evening where he’s going to receive the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award.
Calling off the yell, Ravi Rana stated, “I even maintain a accountability no longer to construct laws and reveal.”
He added that the Prime Minister’s visit ought to no longer be canceled, and due to the this fact the agitation used to be being withdrawn.
RAVI RANA, WIFE NAVNEET ARRESTED
Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana had been taken to Khar Police station on Saturday evening amid a faceoff over Hanuman Chalisa. The couple used to be later arrested by the police.
MLA Ravi Rana and MP Navneet Rana being escorted out of their home by police on Saturday. (PTI Photograph)
An FIR has been registered towards Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana below section 153A of the Indian Penal Code. The police added that the Shiv Sena group who had broken barricades earlier this morning would be booked as successfully.
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The clinical examination of Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana used to be utilized at Khar Police station itself to preserve up away from any laws and reveal predicament.
Attorneys Vaibha Krishna and Rizwan Merchant, who would possibly be performing for Navneet Rana, raised questions over the duo’s arrest.
“We’re protesting towards the arrest. We need the put a query to of arrest to be withdrawn. Else we is now not any longer going to eradicate bail both in police station or at court docket,” Viabhav Krishna stated.
Rizwan Merchant identified that as an MP and MLA, the police ought to maintain taken permission from the Speaker earlier than sharp the legislators.
The Khar Police will recent Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana in the Bandra Vacation Court docket on Sunday, April 24.
BJP REACTION TO THE MP-MLA COUPLE’S ARREST
Calling it “Ravan Raj in Maharashtra”, BJP chief Kirit Somaiya condemned the arrest of Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana.
He tweeted, “Strongly Condemn Ravan Raj in Maharashtra for sharp MP & MLA for Hanuman Chalisa. CM Thackeray is horrified of DAHAN of their Ghotalebaj Sarkar.”
Strongly Condemn Ravan Raj in Maharashtra for sharp MP & MLA for Hanuman Chalisa…
CM Thackeray is horrified of DAHAN of their Ghotalebaj Sarkar
I will visit Khar Police Plot nowadays 9pm @BJP4India @Dev_Fadnavis
— Kirit Somaiya (@KiritSomaiya) April 23, 2022
BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis called the arrest of the MP-MLA couple “painful” and “embarrassing” for Maharashtra.
The BJP chief stated the police didn’t act when a saunter-setter of the ruling Shiv Sena made threatening statements or the automobile of a BJP chief used to be attacked, nevertheless arrested the Ranas when they arrived in Mumbai to recite the Hanuman Chalisa exterior Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s home.
In a series of tweets, Devendra Fadnavis stated, “The incidents in Maharashtra are painful. No FIR used to be filed when Mohit Kamboj’s automobile used to be attacked or when a saunter-setter talks about burying a girl representative 20 feet below the bottom. Nonetheless when the Rana couple involves Mumbai to recite Hanuman Chalisa, they’re straight arrested.”
SHIV SENA’S REACTION TO THE COUPLE’S ARREST
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut accused the duo of seeking to ruin the atmosphere in Mumbai.
“For the last few days, some bogus Hindutvawadis (MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana) tried to ruin the atmosphere in Mumbai – ‘Matoshree’ (CM station), reciting ‘Hanuman Chalisa’. Amravati’s Bunty and Babli tried to construct a ruckus,” Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut stated.
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He additional alleged, “There used to be a conspiracy to construct one thing various at the CM’s station. BJP tried to attack by conserving a gun on their shoulders… Navneet and Ravi Rana are the enemies of Maharashtra and in the lend a hand of them is the used CM (Devendra Fadnavis).”
Issuing a warning, Sanjay Raut stated, “I would need so as to add that rep no longer mess with Shiv Sena and ‘Matoshree’, you might be buried 20feet deep. I am announcing this in entrance of the digicam, rep no longer test Shiv Sena’s restraint.”
(With inputs from Divyesh Singh, Vidya, PTI)
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