Sakinaka Rape Case: Maharashtra’s BS Koshyari and Uddhav Thackeray share frosty ties.
Mumbai:
Days after Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari’s letter calling for a particular session of the state meeting following the rape and homicide of a girl in Mumbai’s Sakinaka, Chief Minster Uddhav Thackeray has hit again saying Mr Koshyari ought to request the Centre to name a session of parliament to debate points in regards to the security of ladies and rising assaults on them.
In his letter to the governor written on Monday, Mr Thackeray listed crimes towards ladies in BJP-ruled states together with Uttarakhand, the house state of Mr Koshyari, and stated he had “genes of a political employee”.
He said that such “directions” by the governor may stoke a brand new controversy and are damaging to the democratic parliamentary procedures.
Mr Koshyari had not too long ago written to the Chief Minister asking him to convene a particular session of the state legislature.
In his letter, the Chief Minister stated he had famous Mr Koshyari’s considerations concerning the security of ladies.
“I can perceive your emotions for calling a particular session of the Maharashtra Meeting towards the backdrop of the Sakinaka incident in Mumbai. You’ve the genes of a political employee. Nonetheless, the directions given by you would stoke a brand new controversy,” Mr Thackeray wrote.
A 34-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside a tempo parked by the highway within the Sakinaka space in Mumbai earlier this month.
The accused, a 45-year-old man, tortured the sufferer with a rod. The girl died throughout remedy at a hospital.
“It’s damaging to parliamentary democratic procedures that governor additionally makes the identical demand being made by those that are opposing the state authorities. The state is taking agency steps to curb such incidents,” the Chief Minister stated.
He listed crimes towards ladies in BJP-ruled states and territories together with Delhi, the place the central authorities controls the police, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
“Uttarakhand, your own home state, is also referred to as Devbhoomi. The federal government information exhibits that assaults on ladies have been elevated by 150 per cent. Can a particular session be referred to as there?” Mr Thackeray requested.
He wrote that 14,229 ladies had gone lacking in neighbouring Gujarat, dominated by the BJP, within the final two years.
“The Gujarat police report says that not less than 14 ladies every day face rape or sexual assault. Going by such excessive numbers, Gujarat would want not less than a month-long session,” he stated.
“Regardless of many assaults on ladies in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has not made any demand for a particular session,” Mr Thackeray wrote.
The Raj Bhavan and the Sena-led coalition authorities share frosty relations because the governor has not but accredited an inventory of 12 names despatched by the state authorities for his or her nomination as Member of Legislative Council from the gubernatorial quota.
Final yr, the governor – a veteran of the BJP’s ideological mother or father Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and a former Nationwide Vice-President of the social gathering – had written a letter to the Chief Minister demanding the quick re-opening of locations of worship and mockingly requested if Uddhav Thackeray had turned “secular”.
The chief minister had responded by questioning the governor’s perception in secularism and stated “Is not secularism a key element of the Structure, by which you swore whereas taking oath because the state governor?”
(With inputs from PTI)
