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‘You’ll Burn In That Fire’: Raut Warns Against ‘President’s Rule’ In Maharashtra

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday issued a warning on possible attempts to impose President’s rule in Maharashtra amid controversies after former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh accused state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

The chief of the Republican Party of India (RPI) and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale are among those who have demanded the imposition of the President’s rule in Maharashtra.

This comes after Singh wrote an unsigned letter to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray accusing Deshmukh of setting extortion targets of ₹100 crores for some police officials.

“If someone is attempting to impose President’s rule in Maharashtra by misusing central agencies, then I am warning them-you yourself will get burnt in that fire,” Raut, the Sena’s Rajya Sabha MP, said according to news agency ANI.

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The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition, including Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress, has come under pressure from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sack Deshmukh from his post. Deshmukh, a leader of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, has denied Singh’s allegations and threatened to file a defamation suit against the senior police officer.

Last Wednesday, the Maharashtra government transferred Singh as the Commandant General of the Home Guard, blaming him for investigating an explosive-laden SUV near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.

Earlier, Assistant Police Inspector (API) Sachin Vej was investigating the case before he was transferred to the National Investigation Agency by the Union Home Ministry, he was arrested by the NIA. Waze’s arrest pressured him to take some action in the coalition’s case.

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