Clash throughout Smriti Irani’s programme: Case filed towards BJP employees, occasion cries foul

By PTI

MUMBAI: A day after NCP and BJP employees clashed at an occasion attended by Union minister Smriti Irani in Pune, police on Tuesday stated a case has been registered towards three BJP employees for allegedly assaulting a lady, even because the saffron occasion denied the allegation.

Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil stated motion shall be taken towards these discovered responsible.

The BJP, alternatively, claimed there was “state-sponsored terrorism” in Maharashtra the place the Nationalist Congress Party is in energy together with the Congress and Shiv Sena.

Workers of the Congress and NCP staged protests towards worth rise outdoors a luxurious lodge and later on the Bal Gandharva auditorium in Pune the place Irani attended occasions on Monday.

The NCP alleged that one among its ladies employees was assaulted by BJP employees at Bal Gandharva auditorium the place Irani attended a e-book launch perform.

“An offence was registered late last night against three BJP workers under Indian Penal Code Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and other relevant sections,” Deccan Gymkhana police station’s senior inspector Murlidhar Karpe stated.

The incident occurred when NCP employees went to submit a memorandum to Irani over the LPG worth hike.

State dwelling minister Walse-Patil stated on Tuesday that motion shall be taken towards the responsible regardless of which occasion she or he belongs to.

“To beat a woman office-bearer or any woman is objectionable. So, appropriate action will be taken,” he instructed reporters.

NCP Maharashtra unit’s chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase questioned Irani and senior state BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrakant Patil’s `silence’ over the alleged assault on the girl NCP employee.

“This shows the Maharashtra BJP’s mentality. Women in the state will definitely remember this incident,” Tapase tweeted.

NCP spokesperson Clyde Crasto stated it was not shocking that Irani, “who once spoke vociferously” (earlier than 2014 when the BJP was in opposition) on worth hike, was silent on the problem now.

“But #SmritiIrani ji, Women and Child Development Minister silent and not condemning a #BJP Man’s assault on a #NCP Woman in #Pune is deplorable and dereliction of her duty,” Crasto tweeted.

Maharashtra BJP chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye focused NCP chief Sharad Pawar over the problem.

He additionally referred to previous incidents of alleged beating of an engineer for social media trolling at state minister Jitendra Awhad’s residence “in the presence of policemen”, and up to date “attacks” on BJP chief Vinayak Ambekar and Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale by NCP employees.

“There is state government-sponsored terrorism in Maharashtra with mute approval of Sharad Pawar”.

“The people’s right to live peacefully has been endangered due to the hooliganism of NCP workers,” Upadhye stated in a press release.

The state dwelling division, headed by an NCP minister, has instructed police to guard these engaged in spreading terror and the ruling alliance has deliberate to “destroy political opponents through terrorism,” he alleged.

Pune BJP metropolis unit president Jagdish Mulik claimed that the allegations of molestation towards occasion employees have been false.

“When the incident took place inside the Bal Gandharva auditorium, police were present. There is an attempt to suppress our voice by levelling false allegations,” he stated.

Some 150 to 200 NCP employees barged into the luxurious lodge the place Irani was attending a program earlier, there was additionally an try to dam her convoy and throw ink, Mulik stated.

Later NCP employees tried to assault the Union minister’s convoy however regardless of all this police took no motion, he alleged.

BJP leaders approached the Deccan Gymkhana police station and demanded that the false instances of molestation towards three occasion employees be withdrawn and instances be registered towards those that tried to create chaos at Bal Gandharva auditorium, Mulik additional stated.

“We also demanded registration of cases against those who tried to block Irani ji’s convoy, those who tried to attack her and 150 to 200 NCP party workers who barged into the hotel,” he stated.