Navneet Rana vs Arvind Sawant- 'Do we live under the rule of Mughals?', asks BJP

Mumbai, March 23: Maharahstra's political controversy today is revealing the real faces behind the veils of diplomacy. In yet another dispute amidst the ongoing Vaze case, Shiv Sena's Arvind Sawant has happened to threaten Amaravati's independent MP Navneet Kaur Rana in the lobby of the Lok Sabha, warning her of being jailed for talking in the House against the Maharashtra government.

 

 

In what could be a more serious charge, she has also informed Speaker Om Birla of receiving acid-attack threats through phone calls and on Shiv Sena letterheads. In a letter dated March 22, Rana has said, "Today, the way Shiv Sena parliamentarian Arvind Sawant has threatened me, it is an insult not just to me but to all the country's women. Hence I seek the strictest of police action against Arvind Sawant." Her letter says that Sawant was angry over her raising the issue of the affairs in the Maharashtra government. She notes to have heard Sawant saying, "I'll see how you roam around in Maharashtra", and "We will put you, too, behind bars".

 

 

"I became blank at that point (in the Lok Sabha lobby) and immediately turned behind, one of my colleagues was there, and I just asked, 'Did you hear?' He said, 'Yes I heard, Navneet'," the MP told one of the news agencies narrating the incident inside the Lok Sabha. She further said that Bharat Margani, the Rajamundhry MP, had witnessed the incident. "I have complained before, too, to the police and Om Birla ji about all the unwanted letters that I got in the name of Shiv Sena. I got calls saying 'The beautiful face that you are proud of, we will put acid so that you will not be able to go anywhere...if you talk about Uddhav Thackeray ji'," she said, reiterating some of her allegations against Thackeray's government.

  

 

Sawant, however blatantly has rubbished her claims as outright lies and instead has accused her of being disrespectful and rude while talking in Parliament. If anything, he said, Rana is the one who keeps threatening everyone. Isn't this like the pot calling the kettle black? BJP Mahila Morcha state President Uma Khapre supporting Rana in the matter has strongly condemned the incident. "The incident of being openly threatened by Arvind Sawant is very painful and shameful. When we see such incidents happening in Maharashtra, I wonder we live in the land of Shivaraya or under the rule of Mughals?

 

 

In the Lok Sabha, Rana had raised the matter of suspended Maharashtra cop Sachin Vaze, now arrested for his alleged involvement in the Mukesh Ambani bomb threat case and being probed for the related death of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiran. She had also demanded that the Maharashtra government headed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray step down in the wake of former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh's corruption allegations.