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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Staff Reporter

Sena claims BJP and Owaisi joined hands to provoke riots in Maharashtra

As Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray prays in front of Lord Hanuman in Pune and party workers play Hanuman Chalisa in different parts of the state, Shiv Sena taunts the MNS chief as ‘neo-Hindu Owaisi’ and claims that he along with original Owaisi (AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi) are planning communal riots in Maharashtra.

The Sena leader also took on the judiciary over giving anticipatory bail to BJP leader Kirit Somaiya in a case of allegedly siphoning off funds collected to save INS Vikrant and said that presently leaders on only ‘one’ party are presently beneficiaries of high court’s scam of extending relief. 

“When BJP realised that people are not drifting away from the MVA, they hired few people on rent to play loudspeaker. The plan is to play these loudspeakers in front of mosques. Then call original Owaisi. Riots will be planned through neo-Hindu Owaisi and original Owaisi and once unrest is created Raj Bhavan would send report to center to try and impose emergency,” he said, taunting MNS. He said that the state government has intelligence inputs that riots are being planned. 

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