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Two days after his house was torched by a violent mob in Beed, NCP MLA Sandeep Kshirsagar claimed that the attack was not carried out by Maratha protesters but by anti-social elements and that he would soon expose all of them with evidence.
“Beed city witnessed a number of violent incidents on October 30. My house was also attacked. My child, wife and entire family were inside the house. However, by God’s grace and blessings of people we all are safe,” Kshirsagar said, in a post on social media.
The NCP MLA, who has chosen to remain with party chief Sharad Pawar after the rebellion of senior leader Ajit Pawar, said that the Maratha community has been protesting peacefully demanding reservation. “The Maratha who has been protesting peacefully and with discipline cannot resort to violence. It is neither the Maratha community nor locals who attacked but it was by anti-social elements. I will not speak about it right now, but I will speak with evidence,” he said.
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Kshirsagar, who hails from the Teli (OBC) community, said that he supports the fast called by Manoj Jarange Patil and has been saying that the Maratha community should be given Kunbi certificates. “I will continue to work towards solving the Maratha reservation issue,” he said.
Apart from Kshirsagar’s house, the NCP office in Beed was also torched by the mob on October 30. A day later the Maharashtra government on Tuesday hardened its stand by announcing to invoke attempt to murder charges against those who resorted to arson, even as Patil blamed the ruling party for the violence and challenged the government to “go ahead” with filing FIRs. After a cabinet meeting, Deputy Chief Minister and state Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that those involved in torching the house of an elected representative will face a case under Section 307 (attempting to commit murder) of the Indian Penal Code.
Opposition had slammed the state government over intelligence failure and has demanded the resignation of Fadnavis.
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