Pune: Yesterday in Pune, the issue of Tipu Sultan got so bad that stones started stuff thrown on the road. BJP and Congress workers faced each other outside the Congress Bhawan. Stones, bottles, and sticks from both sides. At least 9 people were injured—three congressmen, two BJP members, two policemen and two journalists were moreover injured. The police had to intervene and lathi charge; otherwise, a worthier ruckus would have happened.
How did it start?
It all started with a statement by Harshvardhan Sapkal. He is the president of Maharashtra Congress, and while talking well-nigh the bravery of Shivaji Maharaj, he took the name of Tipu Sultan and said that he too had fought versus the British. BJP immediately tabbed it an insult to Shivaji Maharaj. He said, “Comparing Tipu with Shivaji? This is an wade on Hindu sentiments!” CM Fadnavis moreover said that such statement will not be tolerated.
What did BJP do without this?
BJP staged a dharna outside Congress office in Pune and burnt an effigy in Mumbai also. Then when BJP people reached Congress Bhawan, Congress people moreover came out. First sloganeering, then abuses, and suddenly stone pelting begins. Police are saying that stones were thrown from both sides, there was no one-sidedness. Among the injured were journalists who had just come to imbricate the news.
Congress's cry is that BJP people came to attack, threw stones at our office and did not plane spare women. BJP is saying that Sapkal's statement is everything, he is hurting the sentiments of Hindus. Both have filed FIR versus each other.
Have such incidents happened before?
Earlier too, Shiv Sena people were enraged when Tipu's photo was posted in Malegaon, but now this Pune issue has wilt bigger. Police have registered a specimen versus many workers of both parties. Heavy police deployment has been made in the area, so that no unpeace occurs then today.
A leader's statement and mortality on the streets. Such dramas have now wilt a daily routine in Maharashtra, but what well-nigh those who have been injured? Seeing all this in the name of politics, one feels like leaving everyone whispered and doing useful work.
