Nagpur, (Maharashtra), Nov 13 : A Bharatiya Janata Party-sponsored shutdown (bandh) in Amravati took a violent turn with incidents of stone-pelting, damaging vehicles and a mild caning by the police here on Saturday.Nagpur (Maharashtra), November 13 : .A Bharatiya Janata Party sponsored shutdown (bandh), in Amravati, took a violent turn Saturday with stone-pelting and damage to vehicles. The bandh call followed statewide protests and rallies carried out by some Muslim organisations like Raza Academy on Friday in protest against the recent communal violence that erupted in Tripura.
This was in response to the recent violence in Tripura that had erupted, and followed by rallies and protests across the state.
After minor incidents of stone-pelting reported on Friday from Nanded, Amravati and Malegaon (Nashik), Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil made a late-night video appeal for restrain from all groups.
Following minor stone-pelting incidents reported from Nanded (Nashik), Amravati (Nashik), and Malegaon(Nashik), Dilip Walse -Patil, Home Minister, made a late-night video appeal to all groups for restraint.
“Please maintain calma I appeal to all Hindus and Muslims brethren to maintain peace,” Walse-Patil urged, along with other leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
Walse-Patil, together with other leaders from Maha Vikas Aghadi’s (MVA) government, pleaded for calm.
“I am monitoring the entire situation with the help of senior police officers and discussing with senior Opposition leaders.”I am keeping an eye on the situation and talking with senior leaders of the Opposition.All those guilty would not be spareda We all must maintain social harmony and I request all to cooperate with us.All the guilty will be dealt with.We must all maintain social harmony, and I ask everyone to cooperate with me.I request the same to my police brothers to handle the situation cautiously and to maintain peace.”.I ask my police brothers for the same, to manage the situation with caution and maintain peace.
The BJP called for the Amravati bandhto protest against the Friday demonstrations, resulting in massive crowds surging onto the roads, shouting slogans, carrying banners and flags.
The BJP demanded that the Amravati Bandhto protest the Friday demonstrations.This resulted in large crowds of people rushing onto the streets shouting slogans and waving flags.
Shortly afterwards some sections resorted to pelting stones at private and government vehicles, shops and establishments, forcing the police to resort to mild caning to control the miscreants.Some sections began to throw stones at government and private vehicles, shops, and other establishments shortly afterwards.
The police had to resort to mild caning in order to subdue the criminals.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and Ministers Abdul Sattar, Ashok Chavan (Congress), Nawab Malik (NCP), AIMIM MP Syed Imtiaz Jaleel, farmers leader from Vidarbha accorded MoS status, and others have strongly slammed the BJP for the violent incidents in Saturday’s bandh.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, Ministers Abdul Sattar (Congress), Ashok Chavan, Nawab Malik(NCP), AIMIM MP Syed Imtiaz Jaleel, Vidarbha farmers leader given MoS status and other critics strongly criticized the BJP for Saturday’s violent incidents.
Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis urged the state government to ensure law and order is maintained and condemned the violence that erupted on Friday in three towns.
Devendra Fadnavis, Leader of Opposition, urged the state to maintain law and order and condemned violence that broke out in three cities on Friday #Amravati #rocked #bandh
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