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Mumbai: Maharashtras Kolhapur boiled with communal conflict Wednesday after a group of Hindutva organisations called a bandh in the city to protest against an allegedly objectionable social media post shared by some persons the previous day...
Speaking to reporters in Navi Mumbai Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the home portfolio, said acts of glorifying Mughal emperor Aurangzeb or Tipu Sultan will not be tolerated in Maharashtra...
Kolhapur Superintendent of Police (SP) Mahendra Pandit told the media that 21 people had been detained so far, including those who shared the purported social media status, and those involved in Wednesdays incident...
This includes Raj Thackerays Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leading a campaign against loudspeakers atop mosques in April and May last year; the uproar over love jihad after Mumbais Shraddha Walkar was allegedly murdered by her Muslim boyfriend; and more than 50 Hindu Jan Akrosh rallies held by the Sakal Hindu Samaj across the state, seeking to alert people against supposed love jihad and land jihad by Muslims...
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, also speaking to the media in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, said, The government should take strict action against those who are keeping Aurangzebs statuses like this, and such things happening during the so-called pure Hindutvawadi government is embarrassing...
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