Devendra Fadnavis agrees to discuss Parbhani violence, sarpanch's murder

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said he was ready for a discussion in the state legislative assembly on the recent Parbhani violence and murder of a sarpanch in Beed reported news agency PTISpeaking in the Lower House on the first day of the Maharashtra Assembly winter session Fadnavis described both the incidents which occurred after the BJPled Mahayuti came to power in the state as serious reported PTIThe CM he was ready to discuss the issues and spell out steps taken by his government to maintain law and order reported PTIViolence erupted in central Maharashtras Parbhani city after a glassenclosed replica of the Constitution near Dr B R Ambedkars statue outside the Parbhani railway station was vandalised on the evening of December 10More than 50 persons have been arrested and multiple cases registered in connection with the violenceIn Beed the sarpanch of Massajog village Santosh Deshmukh was abducted and murdered on December 9On Monday Congress leader Nana Patole raised in the assembly the issue of violence in Parbhani over vandalising of a replica of the Constitution and the murder of a sarpanch in Beed district last week and demanded the governments responseCM Fadnavis agreed to discuss the two incidents in the HouseI am sure the opposition will cooperate in suggesting ways to ensure such incidents dont take place again Our government works by the Constitution and its insult will not be tolerated A mentally unstable person who was involved in the desecration of the Constitution replica in Parbhani has been arrested he said reported PTIFadnavis also introduced his newly swornin ministers on the floor of the HouseA total of 39 legislators from Mahayuti allies BJP Shiv Sena and NCP were sworn in on Sunday in the first cabinet expansion of the Fadnavisled ministryWhile 33 legislators were sworn in as cabinet ministers six took oath as ministers of stateThe government on Monday also tabled supplementary demands to the tune of Rs 35788 crore in the HouseOn the first day of the session the government reintroduced eight bills including one for an amendment to postpone elections to the posts of president vice president and chairpersons of certain zilla parishads and deputy chairpersons of some panchayat samitisThe legislative assembly also paid tributes to former Maharashtra governor SM Krishna who passed away on December 10Krishna who had also served as the chief minister of Karnataka and Union minister was the governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008The House also paid tributes to former MLA Dinkarrao Jadhav who died recently Jadhav represented the Radhanagari assembly constituency from 1980 to 1988With inputs from PTI