Raj Thackeray condemns 'derogatory' FB post on Pawar, calls it 'wickedness'

MNS chief Raj Thackeray condemned an objectionable Facebook post allegedly shared by Marathi actress Ketaki Chitale targeting NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar and said such writing does not have a place in the culture of MaharashtraThe Facebook post targeting Pawar shared on May 13 was purportedly written by someone by the name of advocate Nitin Bhave Such writing is not a tendency but wickedness and it needs to be controlled promptly the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president said in a statement issued on Twitter and FacebookThackeray however said it needs to be examined whether the post is written by the persons being named or someone is allegedly trying to trigger a fresh controversy He also said that the Maharashtra government should immediately probe this episode and deal with such things sternly The post in Marathi makes no direct mention of the NCPs chiefs full name but it mentions the surname Pawar and the age of 80 The NCP patriarch is 81yearold Comments like the hell is waiting and you hate Brahmins are part of the post that allegedly criticises the veteran leader whose party shares power in Maharashtra with the Shiv Sena and the Congress under the aegis of the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVAThis writing does not have a place in the culture of Maharashtra We strongly condemn the same Thackeray said in the statement The MNS chief a bitter critic of the MVA said it was wrong on part of Chitale or the writer of the post to make such comments about Pawar who has been active in state politics for many years He said the ideology has to be fought with ideologyWe have differences with them Pawar and those will be there But it is quite wrong to come to such a hideous level It needs to be told quite clearly that this is not Maharashtras culture To write something like this is not a tendency but wickedness It needs to be checked in time he added The MNS president said the great men saints and numerous intelligentsia from Maharashtra have taught people of the state to label a thing good if it is good or bad if it is badThe only expectation is that nobody should take the states tradition to a low level he added Thackeray also said that it needs to be examined whether the post is written really by the persons being named or someone is allegedly trying to cause a new controversy Because a community gets divided due to such twofour elements he added The MNS chief further said politicians must have realised how deep the hatred has spreadThis needs to be curbed in time because Maharashtra has a different identity Hence the state government should get to the root of this and deal with the same immediately he added Earlier in the day an offence was registered in Thane city against Chitale for allegedly sharing the derogatory post on Facebook against Sharad Pawar under Indian Penal Code IPC sections 500 defamation 501 printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory 505 2 making publishing or circulating any statement rumour or report promoting enmity hatred or ill will between classes and 153 A spreading disharmony among peopleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever