Mumbai Police detains BJP chief for Tweet calling Rashmi Thackeray as Maharashtra’s Rabri Devi

The Mumbai police have detained and have been questioning Jiten Gajaria, the pinnacle of the social media cell of BJP Maharashtra for the final three hours, over his two Tweets posted on January 4, on Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s spouse Rashmi Thackeray.
As informed by BJP chief Pratik Karpe to OpIndia, a group of three officers of the Maharashtra police reached Jiten Gajaria’s workplace within the morning at round 10 am. They weren’t carrying any authorized discover or warrant in opposition to Jatin Gajaria, but they picked him up from his workplace and introduced him to the cyber police station, BKC in Mumbai the place he’s at present being interrogated for the final three hours.
Pratik Karpe, who’s the secretary of the social media cell of BJP Maharashtra, additionally took to Twitter to boost his voice in opposition to the tyranny of the Maharashtra authorities beneath Uddhav Thackeray.
I’m listening to that cyber police of @MumbaiPolice has reached SM Prabhari @jitengajaria ji workplace ? Mumbai police is that this true ? Is it authorized to go with out serving discover at somebody’s workplace ? Is this what you meant @AUThackeray that asking questions is against the law ?— Pratik Karpe (@CAPratikKarpe) January 6, 2022
The arbitrary motion being taken in opposition to the BJP chief by the Maharashtra police on the behest of the Shiv Sena authorities led by Uddhav Thackeray was for 2 Tweets, he posted on January 4. In his first Tweet, Gajaria had referred to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s spouse Rashmi Thackeray as Maharastra’s Rabri Devi.
Marathi Rabri Devi pic.twitter.com/P1rnO0SC9o— Jiten Gajaria (@jitengajaria) January 4, 2022
In his second Tweet, he quipped at Rashmi Thackeray and Ajit Pawat by invoking the latter’s crass 2013 urine comment that had ridiculed the starvation strike by a drought-affected farmer in Maharashtra. Ajit Pawar had then mentioned: “From where will we give him water? Should we urinate in dams?”
जर रश्मी सरकार चालवत असेल तर मी उपमुख्यमंत्री फक्त लघवी करण्यासाठी आहे का? – @AjitPawarSpeaks to @OfficeofUT pic.twitter.com/oo8qBLDdr0— Jiten Gajaria (@jitengajaria) January 4, 2022
The BJP state social media cell chief had joked in Marathi, thereby not directly referring to Ajit Pawar’s insensitive comment. His Tweet roughly translated to: “If Rashmi is operating the federal government, am I the Deputy CM simply to urinate? – @AjitPawarSpeaks to @OfficeofUT.
He had quipped that Ajit Pawar have to be asking Uddhav Thackeray’s authorities what his place as Deputy Chief Minister can be if Rashmi Thackeray was operating the federal government. Is he solely within the authorities to urinate?
This is, nevertheless, not the primary time the Uddhav Thackeray authorities has displayed such excessive intolerance in direction of opponents and principally anybody who dares to criticise them. Last 12 months, six Shiv Sena goons had assaulted a retired Navy officer for sharing Uddhav Thackeray’s cartoon. The WhatsApp ahead was allegedly a satirical cartoon that includes Uddhav Thackeray and his allies Sharad Pawar and Sonia Gandhi. Before that Sena goons had assaulted an individual and had shaved his head for criticising Uddhav Thackeray on Facebook.