Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Maharashtra’s Parbhani city 10 days after violence broke out in the region, leading to the death of two persons.
Gandhi will meet the families of Somnath Suryavanshi, who allegedly died in police custody, and Vijay Wakode, who died while participating in the protest.
Reacting to the visit, the BJP’s state unit said: “Instead of doing such drama, the focus should be on how the society can benefit through constructive means.”
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Gandhi will be accompanied by prominent Congress’ Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala, State unit chief Nana Patole, senior leader and former Minister Balasaheb Thorat, MLA Vijay Wadettiwar, MLA Amit Deshmukh, MP Ravindra Chavan, MP Kalyan Kale, Shivaji Kalge, State vice president (Organisation and Administration) Nana Gawande, Chief spokesperson Atul Londhe, Parbhani District Congress Committee president Suresh Warapudkar, and State president of the SC Department Siddharth Hattiambire, among others.
The violence in Parbhani was triggered by the alleged vandalism of a Constitution replica near Babasaheb Ambedkar’s statue on December 10. The violence saw a mob of 200-300 people vandalising property and government offices, causing losses amounting to ₹1.89 crore.43 individuals have been arrested for arson, and charges have been filed against a total of 51 people.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is also the Home Minister of the state on Friday announced judicial inquiries into the recent Parbhani violence and the murder of Santosh Deshmukh, sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district, while vowing to hold those responsible for lawlessness in the State to account.
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