Maharashtra: BJP MLA Nitesh Rane booked for alleged hate speech against Muslims
Rane made allegedly inflammatory statements while warning Muslims not to comment on Hindu religious leader Ramgiri Maharaj.
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Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Nitesh Rane was on Sunday booked for alleged hate speech threatening the Muslim community in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district, The Hindu reported.
Two first information reports were registered against him on Sunday and Monday, The Indian Express quoted Rakesh Ola, Ahmednagar’s superintendent of police as saying.
The MLA from Sindhudurg district’s Kankavli had attended gatherings of the Sakal Hindu Samaj Andolan, an umbrella group of Hindutva organisations, on Sunday in the Shrirampur and Tofkhana areas of Ahmednagar.
A video from one of the events showed the Kankavli MLA, who is the son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane, making allegedly inflammatory statements against the Muslim community.
He threatened the community not to comment on Hindu religious leader Ramgiri Maharaj. “If you are concerned about your community, do not say a word about Maharaj,” the legislator is heard saying in the purported video.
Ramgiri has been accused of making derogatory remarks against Islam and Prophet Muhammad at an event in Nashik district in August. The purported video of Ramgiri making the comments had gone viral on social media, sparking protests by Muslim groups in Ahmednagar, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Jalgaon on August 16.
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