Aam Aadmi Party demands Chief Minster should arrest Shiv Sena goons

Press Release 12 October 2015

It is a shame that the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has totally failed to provide law and order in the state capital. BJP’s coalition partner Shiv Sena has started a reign of cultural terrorism in Mumbai akin to the Taliban. They threatened the organizers of the Ghulam Ali show and got it cancelled a few days back.

Today they have attacked Sudheendra Kulkarni, the Chairperson of Observer Research Foundation which is hosting a book launch event at the Nehru Centre in Worli on Monday. The book, titled Neither a Hawk nor a Dove: An Insider’s Account of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy is written by Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, the ex foreign minister of Pakistan.

Despite the Chief Minister';s so called assurance of protection, Kulkarni was attacked outside his house and his face was blackened. Mumbai police should have taken cognizance of the threat and should have registered cases against all those who has issued the threat. The Aam Aadmi Party has been demanding the FIRs should be registered against the Shiv Sena leaders who are threatening the law and order situation in the state but the police & government have failed to act. Hence the Shiv Sena is getting bolder in its actions and it wont be surprising if they resort to more and more violence in the coming days.

Interestingly Sudheendra Kulkarni belongs to the BJP and is known to be a close aide of L K Advani. If the BJP cannot even protects its own people there is little hope that they can safeguard the lives of the citizens. The Aam Aadmi Party believes that if the BJP is unable to control what they call “fringe” elements then it has lost its right to rule the state.

The AAP demands that offences be registered against the Shiv Sena leaders who have led this attack and they be arrested immediately.

Sincerely

Preeti Sharma Menon

Aam Aadmi Party