“Ajmal Kasab terrorised the city and the Congress is worried about him,” Devendra Fadnavis stated. .
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis joined subject with the Opposition immediately over the BJP’s selection of candidate from the Mumbai North Central constituency. Over the previous couple of days, the declaration of Ujjwal Nikam, the previous particular public prosecutor, as candidate has sparked a row.
Mr Fadnavis stated the Opposition “is worried about Ajmal Kasab” and needs to assist terrorists by focusing on Mr Nikam. “As per opposition leader Vijay Waddetiwar, Ujjwal Nikam insulted Kasab. Kasab terrorised the city and the Congress is worried about him. Mahayuti is supporting Ujjwal Nikam and MVA is supporting Kasab. Now you decide who you should vote for,”he stated.
The BJP had dropped sitting legislator Poonam Mahajan and introduced the title of Mr Nikam, who had made headlines earlier over his feedback on 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab. His remarks had created a stir in authorized circles and triggered a livid political battle. Mr Nikam was the federal government’s lawyer within the case.
The Congress had mocked the BJP over its selection. Senior chief Supriya Shrinate stated the BJP had chosen a candidate whose “lie about 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab being served biryani in jail had been exposed in the past”.
Congress’s Vijay Wadettiwar had landed in a serious controversy after he stated Ajmal Kasab didn’t kill police officer Hemant Karkare. however an RSS-affiliated cop did and Ujjwal Nikam was a traitor who suppressed the very fact. His feedback have drawn flak even from Congress ally Uddhab Thackeray’s faction of the Shiv Sena.
Of the10 Pakistani terrorists who attacked Mumbai in 2008 and killed 166 folks, Ajmal Kasab was the one one to be caught alive. He was positioned in a Mumbai jail for almost 4 years and hanged in Pune in November 2012.
In 2009, then public prosecutor Mr Nikam had declared that Kasab had requested for biryani wile in jail. But following questions by the particular courtroom, he had stated it was a narrative he concocted.
“Kasab never demanded biryani and (it) was never served (to him) by the government. I concocted it just to break an emotional atmosphere which was taking shape in favour of Kasab during the trial of the case,”he had informed the media.