Dismiss Maharashtra govt and impose President's rule, says Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday demanded the dismissal of the Eknath Shindeled Maharashtra government targeting it over the law and order situation in Maharashtra reported news agency PTIAddressing a press conference in Mumbai he also demanded that Presidents rule be imposed in the state and fresh polls be conducted reported PTIWe demand dismissal of the Maharashtra government Uddhav Thackeray said citing law and order situation in Maharashtra after a leader of his party was shot dead in Dahisar on Thursday evening reported PTIThe former chief minister also accused the state government of protecting mobsters reported PTIMeanwhile Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking his urgent intervention over the deteriorating law and order situation in MaharashtraIn a letter written to Shah on Friday Chaturvedi referred to the murder of local Sena UBT leader Abhishek Ghosalkar on Thursday and an incident earlier this month in neighbouring Thane district where a Bharatiya Janata Party BJP MLA opened fire inside a police stationI implore you to urgently intervene in the deteriorating law and order situation in Maharashtra before irreparable harm is inflicted upon its residents the Rajya Sabha member said in the letterThe oncevibrant city of Mumbai renowned for trade and commerce is now marred by escalating crime violence and gunfire Chaturvedi saidThe rampant use of firearms to intimidate innocent civilians and public representatives has plunged the state into a perpetual state of fear and insecurity she addedTalking to reporters in New Delhi Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut alleged that the ruling party MPs and MLAs were threatening policemenRaut also targeted Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who holds the home portfolio and demanded his resignation over the law and order situationThis twin attacks reflects failure of state Home Minister Fadnavis Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home minister Amit Shah are responsible for imposing this government on us the Rajya Sabha member remarkedThe chief minister should be sacked and Presidents Rule must be imposed in the state Dismiss the government if you have the courage said Raut lashing out at the CentreFormer corporator Abhishek Ghosalkar 40 son of Sena UBT leader Vinod Ghosalkar was shot dead during a Facebook Live by local businessman and social activist Mauris Noronha on Thursday evening Noronha later killed himself police said reported PTIEarlier Bharatiya Janata Party BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad shot and injured a local leader of the Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena at a police station in Ulhasnagar near Mumbai on February 2 over a land dispute and political rivalryWith inputs from PTI