Police didn’t arrest Karad, Fadnavis has no proper to stay CM: Congress

The Congress on Tuesday mentioned Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis ought to resign because the police didn’t arrest Walmik Karad, an accused in an extortion case linked to sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh’s homicide, till he turned himself in.

Elsewhere, BJP MLA Suresh Dhas focused NCP minister Dhananjay Munde, claiming that he and Karad had been two sides of the identical coin, whereas Maratha activist Manoj Jarange demanded motion towards all “supporters” of the accused.

Karad, an in depth affiliate of Munde, surrendered earlier than the police in Pune, days after the brutal homicide of Massajog sarpanch Santosh created a wave of shock. Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe questioned the police’s failure to trace down Karad, who was wished in an extortion case in Beed district, for 3 weeks.

“Mumbai Police, as soon as thought of on par with Scotland Yard, didn’t ship justice. Fadnavis has no ethical floor to stay chief minister,” he mentioned, including that the rising crime fee in Fadnavis’s dwelling district Nagpur was proof of the broader regulation and order disaster in Maharashtra. A sitting choose ought to oversee the investigation within the Deshmukh homicide case, the Congress chief demanded.

In the meantime, BJP’s Dhas, NCP (SP)’s Sandip Kshirsagar and Majalgaon MLA Prakash Solanke of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, all MLAs from Beed district the place Santosh was kidnapped and murdered on 9 December, had been more likely to meet CM Fadnavis on Tuesday.

Talking to a regional information channel, Dhas mentioned, “Walmik Karad and Maharashtra minister and Ajit Pawar-led NCP’s chief Dhananjay Munde are two sides of the identical coin. Munde’s resignation has been sought by his personal occasion chief. I nonetheless demand that CM Fadnavis ought to change into the guardian minister of Beed in order that he can crack down on the gangs managed by Walmik Karad.”